[CAUT] in praise of impact hammers

[Don]

Hi Ed,

I've already (hopefully) purchased the tuning lever.

At 12:35 PM 7/27/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>My Reyburn impact hammer arrived 2 days ago.
>
>A fellow in England is selling all his piano tools after realizing they
>were not an instant fix to his income problems.  He says he'll sell his
>Reyburn hammer for $100.
>
>Ed S.
>
>
>> From: Otto Keyes <okeyes@uidaho.edu>
>> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
>> Date: 7/25/2005 5:16:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] in praise of impact hammers
>>
>> "Bumping" is not impact tuning.  Give the impact hammer a try -- long
>enough
>> to learn a bit of control with it.
>>
>> Otto
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Tanner" <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu>
>> To: <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net>; "College and University Technicians"
>> <caut@ptg.org>
>> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 1:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] in praise of impact hammers
>>
>>
>> >
>> > On Monday, July 25, 2005, at 03:46 PM, Leslie Bartlett wrote:
>> >
>> > > The pins were so tight on the Falcone I feared some would break.
>> >
>> > See, this is exactly where I would think the impact hammer would be
>> > more likely to break tight pins than a standard hammer.
>> >
>> > I just can't imagine having the same control.  I have no control trying
>> > to "bump" the tuning hammer with tight pins.  All that usually happens
>> > is that the pin twists, the string renders, but the pin does not budge
>> > in the block and everything goes right back south with a few sharp test
>> > blows.
>> >
>> > We have a faculty member here who bought an impact hammer years ago
>> > when he worked for a music store out west.  I'll see if he'll let me
>> > borrow it to try.
>> >
>> > Jeff T
>> >
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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