Impact tuning hammer

[Keith McGavern]

>...but the trick is to let the weight of the hammer do
>the work, using your wrist to give it a quick flip.  I do carry a regular
>extension lever also.  The impact lever doesn't work well on grands, because
>of the angle.  Does anybody else on-list have ideas?
>Ray Irving

For extremely tight tuning pin situations I have the 2lb handle Hale tuning
lever once sold by the now defunct Tuners Supply Company.  Though it was
specifically designed for speed tuning grands, it does work fine on
vertical pianos with one exception.  You definitely don't want to drop it
during the tuning process.  :-)

Keith A. McGavern
kam544@ionet.net
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA