I also use the 12 o'clock technique, as well as 9 and 3 o'clock when the pin torque/string drag relationship seems right. But people who have tried Dan's hammer are giving rave reviews, including "fast learning curve," and "helps understand the whole she-bang better when I use my old hammer." So it looks like I will have to get one to find out. Ed OK, fair enough. I "eliminate" the undesired tilt from the equation by using a 12 o'clock position (11 to 1, to be precise), meaning the tilt is at very close to 90 degrees from the string, and has minimal effect on the string. That works well for me. Dan's design is intriguing, but would require a major re-learning of technique. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes starting again from scratch is a good way to leave bad habits behind. Dan's design also essentially requires the hammer be in line with the string, for geometrical reasons (though 6 o'clock instead of 12 for a grand). So the technique would be the same - lean the pin towards or away from the string for the given purpose. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091018/f7a9b41e/attachment.htm>
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