This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Terry, I respectfully disagree, after 6 years of using the Mahaffee and getting = fair results, I went back to the old standard cigar lever. Then to a new = what I term a Grand T. And lastly to my # 101 on my site below. Recently I have been working with lighter shafts than the 1/2" hex, and = while they are good, much prefer the extra weight of the 1/2" shaft.=20 Mighael G may be able to confirm the notion that the original levers = were T and could be used to tap the smaller pins on harpsichord in, thus = a tuning hammer. Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Impact LEVERS, was: Impact hammers Hey Joe - You don't need to re-set an impact lever on a pin for any = reason. You simply put it on the pin in a favorable position much like = you do with a traditional lever. If you find yourself removing and = re-setting the impact lever on tuning pins, I would suggest that you = simply haven't figured out where to position it in the first place! :-) What is your "knob hammer"? I presume this is some type of tuning = LEVER? Is it some type of impact lever or a traditional lever? Assuming = it is some type of traditional lever, please be aware that no one that I = know of is trying to argue that an impact lever is "better" than a = traditional lever. There are advantages and disadvantages to each and = some will always prefer one over the other. Both can be used, with = training, to produce a well-tuned, stable piano. The one thing that I do say is that if you have been using a = traditional lever and have arm and/or shoulder pain related to = tight-pinned pianos, an impact lever can offer you relief from the pain = and let your body heal. BTW: Where on earth did the term tuning hammer ever come from? These = levers that we all use to tune pianos with look a lot more to me like = tuning LEVERS! Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 That is exactly why I quit using the impact tool. It was so slow in = that one needed to re-set the hammer on the pin to get the impact at the = correct spot for fine adjustments. With my knob hammer it is only = necessary to loosen the grip on the pin a tad to get more movement. Usually one just bumps the knob to relax the pin If you have not = raised the pitch too far. And if too far a click down and right back up. Wierd but it seems that once the pin has been moved up a click and = down a click, one can make smaller clicks of the pin back up again. Joe Goss RPT ----- Original Message -----=20 Clue me in on impact hammers. I used one on trial and was = frustrated, finding it difficult to make fine back-and-forth movements = in the pins. Moving in one direction was fine, but to go back the other = way I had to first take up the slack in the head to reverse direction. = Am I to understand that one doesn't make tiny, slow pull changes but = instead uses the impact feature exclusively? Otherwise it seemed that = the wide movement of the handle was cumbersome and difficult to = overcome. Mike Kurta ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/41/1f/f0/be/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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