New Tuning Hammer

[Michael Gamble]

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Hello Joe - I do it my way, 'cos that's my way, and to me it's not the hard
way! It's the right way (for me!) even though it may be a novel way?

And. 

Why can't I get a look at that string levelling tool of yours Joe that
people are enthusing over? What's the principle of it? I believe it has a
bubble?

Regards

Michael G.(UK)

 

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From: Joe And Penny Goss [mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com] 
Sent: 14 September 2005 15:37
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: New Tuning Hammer

 

Sheech, Michael, Why do you continue to do it the hard way <GGG>

Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com

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From: Michael <mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>  Gamble 

To: 'Pianotech' <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>  

Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:17 AM

Subject: FW: New Tuning Hammer

 

 

 


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From: Michael Gamble [mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk] 
Sent: 14 September 2005 15:16
To: 'Susan Kline'
Subject: RE: New Tuning Hammer

 

Hello Susan and List

I only use levers on uprights (verticals) on all pianos that lie-down-flat I
use a 'T' hammer. I have a whole bunch of those for square pianos 'cos some
of the squares are dated late 1700's when the tuning pins were hand made and
no two were of the same dimension! Great fun!, Most en-joy-a-ble! I agree
they can be a back pain - particularly when the pins are right at one end
(the bass end) in a bunch. I am left handed, you see, so quite a bit of
cross-hand-boogie is required!  Some have their pins along the spine then I
have to find some antique chair to open the top lid on to. For this is
usually in a museum and frequently there are visitors hanging around asking
questions.. 

Regards from sunny Sussex

Michael 

 


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From: Susan Kline [mailto:skline@peak.org] 
Sent: 14 September 2005 07:08
To: Pianotech
Subject: RE: New Tuning Hammer

 

At 07:14 AM 9/14/2005 +0100, you wrote:

there's too few positions you can use on an oblong pin - both at 180deg. To
each other.



Hello, Michael. 

I have a system for dealing with the oblong pins, though it's been awhile 
since I agreed to tune a square. They are awfully hard on one's back. 

The supply houses (at least over here) have a little extender to use when 
grand struts are too tall for your normal lever and tip to reach the first 
row of pins. One end looks like a tuning pin top, and the other is threaded
to 
accept a normal tuning tip. 

I just put my oblong tuning tip on it. Then when tuning a square, I just 
pick it up, and move it by hand to the next tuning pin. Since the top is 
square like a normal tuning pin, my ordinary tuning hammer, with all 8 
positions available due to the star tip, will fit over it at whatever 
angle I choose. It is all a little bit tippy, but it does work. 

It lives in the flannel bag with my tip wrench and other tuning tips -- 
you know, the bag which should live in the car, but which I use to 
hold my kit down in case of hurricanes. 

Susan


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