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at 2:13 PM, Otto Keyes wrote:</DIV><BR =
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size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; =
font-size: 10px; ">If you guys had started out learning to tune with =
that level of patience & commitment you'd still be digging =
ditches!!</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>Nah, I had =
much more confidence in that first "Trophy" brand tuning hammer than I =
felt with the impact hammer - at least the impact hammer I tried. =
It's one thing to have patience in learning a skill -- completely =
something else to not have any confidence in the tool used to do the =
job. Like learning to dig a ditch with a shovel that has a hinge in =
the handle.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Just like if I had to learn =
to tune with the finest Schaff hammers that they sell today, I'd trade =
them for something that gave me more control as soon as I found it. =
Other folk seem to be able to use the Schaff tools just =
fine.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE =
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face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" =
style="font-size: 10px;"><B>*&^%*()(%$%# thing won't work! Must =
be the %^*&X@# hammer's =
fault! </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Not what I meant at all. =
I like the control I have with the tool I use and was so VERY =
uncomfortable with the feel of the impact hammer I didn't feel like it =
was worth pursuing for me at this time. It wasn't that I couldn't =
move the pitch precisely - it was that I had absolutely no confidence or =
any way to test (feel) whether the pin torque was at a balance and the =
tuning was stable. Quite often the tool would simply twist the pin - =
the pitch would move and the pin did not move in the hole. I just had =
zero confidence.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Not knocking the tool or =
the idea. At this time in life, it's just not something I have time =
to relearn, or the money to spend.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>(Ditch digging might not be =
such a bad alternative. We'd be getting exercise, fresh air, and if you =
get with the right company, you'd probably earn more and have better =
benefits than many of us!)</DIV><DIV><BR =
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white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Jeff Tanner, =
RPT</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV><BR =
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