<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2737.800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = khtml-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All this in 2 octaves!?  = Wow!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>See my previous post.....   :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jtanner@mozart.sc.edu = href="mailto:jtanner@mozart.sc.edu">Jeff Tanner</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 11, 2005 = 12:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] impact = hammer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Nov 11, 2005, at 2:13 PM, Otto Keyes wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: = none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; = LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px = 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: = auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">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 type="cite"> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span = 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 class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: = none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; = LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px = 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: = auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV> <DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV><BR = class=Apple-interchange-newline></SPAN></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></= HTML>