Impact LEVERS, was: Impact hammers

[Michael Gamble]

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Yes, Joe, that is so. One end of the handle of the Harpsichord 'T' had a
stringing hook on and the other a "peen" for driving in those olde flat
tuning pins. If the pin was too loose you just gently removed it with a
wiggling motion and inserted a strip of linen tape in the hole before
driving the pin back in. Ah! Those were the days!

Regards

Michael G.(UK)

 

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From: Joe And Penny Goss [mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com] 
Sent: 18 September 2005 16:38
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Impact LEVERS, was: Impact hammers

 

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. 

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

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From: Farrell <mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>  

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

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

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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

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    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


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