[CAUT] impact hammer

[Jim Busby]

Don,

It took me about a year to get the hang of a regular lever.

I have never gotten the hang of the impact lever myself. I tuned a
couple of pianos with it and it almost ended up in the circular file. (I
know, only 2 pianos!)I must have been doing something wrong because the
learning curve didn't seem shorter. Maybe you can't teach an old dog new
tricks. 

When I was using it I actually found myself getting frustrated and using
it like a conventional hammer. Dumb, I know. I just couldn't get it to
"the place" I wanted it, ever! Otto's advice from past posts have been
good, but I guess I'm not patient enough.

Jim 

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Don
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 6:23 AM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: [CAUT] impact hammer

Hi Les,

How long did it take you to "learn" to feel stability
using your regular hammer? The impact lever will have
a shorter learning curve. I believe that impact
technique leads to fewer "twisted" or "sprung" pins by
it's very nature. No proof of this that I know of
however.

At 11:42 PM 11/10/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>Two totally unrelated subjects......
>
>Can someone with a good understanding of impact
hammers and stability
>explain to me how to "get stability" and "recognize
it", using an impact
>hammer?  Please feel free to mail me off-list.  It's
a different animal than
>a regular hammer, I know, but I can't quite figure
how to figure it
>out.

>thanks for any info.
>les bartlett


Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
3004 Grant Rd, Regina, SK, S4S 5G7
Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts

http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/


	
		
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