New Tuning Hammer

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 06:34 AM 9/14/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>John,
>
>Don't worry about your bubble being burst. You may someday choose to have 
>more than one tuning lever, but you don't need more than one good tuning 
>lever. Except for the recent appearance of an impact lever in my case, I 
>had gotten along with one lever for many years (a fancy Keith Bowman 
>wonderful creation).
>
>Terry Farrell
>----- Original Message -----
>
>  John...Hate to burst your bubble..but if you are, or, planning to be a 
> professional piano tuner you will need more than one tuning hammer.
>
>I suppose the bottom line is to buy one with interchangeable tips.
>
>Regards
>Robin Stevens ARPT
>South Australia
>


Different strokes for different folks.

I will admit to still having my old gooseneck "student" model (that I 
shortened the shank on, and use for restringing), and there is a T-handle 
gathering dust, somewhere...  For normal tuning, I've had a Schaff #21 
rosewood extension for almost 30 years and been quite happy.  Like Robin, I 
have a plethera of tips. Mine range from 1.5" one-piece to 6", thin wall, 
#1, #2 and #3 sockets and even an oval adapter for my decennial square 
tuning. I think I can attack almost any piano I meet with the arsenal at hand.

If the hammer fits your physiology and technique, you'll remain happy.  You 
may have to experiment to get the fit just right. I got lucky, early on.






Conrad Hoffsommer
I tried to get a life once, but they were all out of stock.