<!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 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Glad to hear of your success with the = Fujin hammer.  I find that I move my hand position around a lot, but with = his hammer it is much easier to do that, & you can really feel = everything in the pin, like you mentioned.  I tend to tune much more in the neutral = wrist </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>position now.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Done properly, the impact hammer is = also in a neutral position & gives little stress on the wrist if you let the = weight do the work by keeping a relaxed grip.  I have started using the = impact again for uprights, being careful to keep relaxed, & so far, so = good.  With experience, you can feel the pin move quite well.  Like it or = not, all tuning makes the pin flagpole to some extent.  My basic theory is = that keeping the hammer as much in the string line as possible allows me to = control the flag-poling & get the pin back in the neutral position for = maximum stability.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=ed440@mindspring.com href="mailto:ed440@mindspring.com">ed440@mindspring.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</A> = ; <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and = University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 08, = 2005 5:24 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [CAUT] hand and = wrist position</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Because of discussion on this list, I bought a Fujan tubular = aluminum hammer last week.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My first tuning with it was a troublesome grand piano with uneven = pin torque. It was much easier and faster to tune with the Fujan hammer; = the more sensitive feedback enabled me to avoid much of the "oops" delays of jumping pins. ( I hope to fit a tubular aluminum = shaft on my impact hammer.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Ed Sutton<FONT id=role_document face=Arial = color=#000000>  </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></ZZZBODY></ZZZHTML= ></BODY></HTML>