This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Greg, Thanks for your input. I like the idea of lightness in a tuning hammer = for most occasions. The exception being pianos with really tight pins. = Sometimes those types can call for a pronounced nudge that seems easier = to administer with a weighted hammer.=20 One other 'downside' is the cost of those Jahn puppies!=20 I think Jahn is pronounced like yawn! Joseph Alkana RPT josephspiano@comcast.net ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Greg Graham=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:18 PM Subject: Tuning Lever Tips Joseph,=20 I've been using the pear-shaped Jahn tuning hammer from Pianotek for about a year and like it very much.=20 I went with the non-extension, lightweight hammer and enjoy the feel. I used to get a sore palm from my old, narrow "straight" handled hammer. My hand always feels good now, using any kind of grip (though I'm mostly a palm-on-the-end gripper now.)=20 Very responsive, very rigid, fast when moving from pin to pin, and I don't feel like I've been weightlifting. Nicely made. Tips fit the pins, easy to change sizes and angles without a wrench if you buy multiple heads. I have two 15 degree heads, one with a #2 star tip, the other a #3. I have one 5 degree head with a #3.=20 I'll probably get another 5 degree head someday to mount a #2. I started with only one of each head and tip, and was torqueing them off with the tip wrench.=20 Getting the extras saves time and effort. The only downside I can see to the Jahn setup is that they don't use "standard" tips. If they ever stop making the tips, it will be time to get a "standard" hammer. How do you pronounce Jahn? Like John, Jan, Zzhaaan? Juan? =20 Greg Graham --------------- Pardon the question if it's been answered before, but are there any of =3D you that use the Jahn hammer that would care to comment on its quality =3D and fitness for the job? Any users working with the ball end version? =3D I'm considering a change from my battered and bruised Schaff-with-the =3D square-head design. Joseph Alkana RPT __________________________________=20 Do you Yahoo!?=20 Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.=20 http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1f/1e/b9/b9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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