[CAUT] hand and wrist position

[Otto Keyes]

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Glad to hear of your success with the Fujin hammer.  I find that I move =
my hand position around a lot, but with his hammer it is much easier to =
do that, & you can really feel everything in the pin, like you =
mentioned.  I tend to tune much more in the neutral wrist position now.  =


Done properly, the impact hammer is also in a neutral position & gives =
little stress on the wrist if you let the weight do the work by keeping =
a relaxed grip.  I have started using the impact again for uprights, =
being careful to keep relaxed, & so far, so good.  With experience, you =
can feel the pin move quite well.  Like it or not, all tuning makes the =
pin flagpole to some extent.  My basic theory is that keeping the hammer =
as much in the string line as possible allows me to control the =
flag-poling & get the pin back in the neutral position for maximum =
stability.

Otto
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  From: ed440@mindspring.com=20
  To: l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net ; College and University Technicians=20
  Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:24 PM
  Subject: RE: [CAUT] hand and wrist position



  Because of discussion on this list, I bought a Fujan tubular aluminum =
hammer last week.

  My first tuning with it was a troublesome grand piano with uneven pin =
torque. It was much easier and faster to tune with the Fujan hammer; the =
more sensitive feedback enabled me to avoid much of the "oops" delays of =
jumping pins. ( I hope to fit a tubular aluminum shaft on my impact =
hammer.)


  Ed Sutton =20

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