Alan,
At 20:11 5/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Has this ever happened to you?
Yup... ;-{
> Scheduled work:
Tune M&H AA in recording studio.
>Driving time between home and job: A little over an hour.
About the same.
>Tools on hand:
Student model tuning hammer, A440 tuning fork (pre-ETD days), ONE(!)
slightly osified rubber mute.
>Items I had to go buy:
Fortunately, none.
>Tool I most wished I'd had:
A second rubber mute...
-preferably softer.
>BTW A tool tip: I'll never give up my good old Randy Potter course
>"student" tuning lever. Not only did it come in handy in this emergency,
>but unlike hammers with separate heads and tips, this one can be used to
>back out really tight tuning pins without the tip coming loose.
Yer jes not crankin' down on 'em hard enough. ;-}
I've never had a tip loosen on me if I use that double ended tool. First I
spin the tip on finger tight, then, after making a "V" with the tool and
handle, I put tool on the floor and push down firmly on the handle while
holding the tip down. I've removed pins where I had the handle on full
extension w/o loosening.
Conrad Hoffsommer
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object realize that you are in a hurry.
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