<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/21/05 9:13:17 A.M. Central Standard Time, atodd@uh= .edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>List,<BR><BR>Has anyone ever used on of these? Is this an impact = driver type?<BR><BR>http://www.tuningpindriver.com<BR><BR>Since I just finished restringing one with the traditional hammering method,<BR>it sure seems appealing to me. :-)<BR><BR>Avery<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I have never actually seen it being used, but it's been on the market f= or over 20 years. A blind tuner in Missouri used one, and said he liked it. </D= IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I guess if you do more than one stringing job a year, it might be worth= it to get one. One thing for sure, however, it is very noisy. Kind of like a ja= ck hammer or impact chisel. It will also vibrate your arm  a lot. Of cours= e you need air, which I don't have. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim  </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>