<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
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at 12:21 PM, Jim Busby wrote:</DIV><BR =
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style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I have never gotten the hang =
of the impact lever myself. I tuned a</FONT></P> <P style="margin: =
0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" =
style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">couple of pianos with it and it almost =
ended up in the circular file. (I</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px =
0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: =
12.0px Helvetica">know, only 2 pianos!)I must have been doing something =
wrong because the</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">learning curve didn't seem shorter. Maybe you can't teach an =
old dog new</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px =
0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">tricks.<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: =
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14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT =
face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">When I =
was using it I actually found myself getting frustrated and =
using</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT =
face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">it like a =
conventional hammer. Dumb, I know. I just couldn't get it to</FONT></P> =
<P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"the place" I wanted it, =
ever! Otto's advice from past posts have been</FONT></P> <P =
style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" =
size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">good, but I guess I'm not =
patient enough.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; =
font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: =
0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" =
style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim<SPAN =
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class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I'm like =
you Jim. I tried one of the impact hammers APSCO sold (our tuba =
professor owns it - go figure). I didn't have as much patience as you =
did. I almost slung his out the window (except its got one of those =
great older APSCO #2 tips on it that fits everything and I didn't want =
to lose that!). I "tuned at" about two octaves and just felt like I =
would never be able to have any confidence in the stability of the =
tuning, especially as I was moving into the treble. With tighter =
pins, I found myself trying to use it like a conventional hammer to =
avoid the major third leaps. With my hammer, I can feel every =
hundredth of an inch of movement in a pin because it fits so solidly on =
99.999% of the tuning pins. The impact hammer was completely the =
opposite - no feeling of connection at all, complete absence of control. =
I couldn't feel anything but jumping around and I couldn't control =
how far it would go before it would stop. I don't think I'll try it =
again.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In =
answer to Wim's original question that started this thread, I generally =
move around quite a bit while tuning verticals. I'm 6 feet tall, and =
there is no comfortable position for me. Even my hand position will =
change around. It all depends on the feel of the pins, where I am in =
the scale, the height of the piano, whatever is the most comfortable and =
gives the most control at the time.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR><DIV> =
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RPT</DIV><DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV><DIV><BR =
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