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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I would say, most people, would find the type of
hammer they learned on, the most comfortable. They are familiar with
it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Having said that, I intend to try an impact
hammer, when I go to Rochester next year.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I hope, the people selling them, have a piano
there, so a person can try the feel.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>It seems to me, most do not have the piano
available, for trial purposes.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I know, now I am going to have a slew of people
say, I had a piano, and you didn't try it then.
:-(</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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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 4:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] impact hammer</DIV>
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<DIV>On Nov 11, 2005, at 2:13 PM, Otto Keyes wrote:</DIV><BR
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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>
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<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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><B>*&^%*()(%$%# thing won't work! Must be
the %^*&X@# hammer's fault! </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV>Jeff</DIV><BR><BR>
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<DIV>Jeff Tanner, RPT</DIV>
<DIV>University of South Carolina</DIV>
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