> From: MHoffman11 <MHoffman11@aol.com> > Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 10:51:43 EST > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Impact tuning hammer > Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) > Reply-to: pianotech@ptg.org Their right hand? > Which allows me to ask the following: is the impact lever a left-handed tool? > I use my left hand when I use the tool on either verticals or grands. I stand > slightly to the left of the tool with the tail pointing toward the tail of the > grand (almost always parallel with the strings). The impact occurs about the > 3 o'clock position. Remember this is correcting the pitch, not fine-tuning! > I start on A0 and continue all the way up the scale. As I get to C7 or so, I > change the position of the tool so that the impact force hits about 12 o'clock > (and the tool doesn't hit the side of the case!). It takes some getting used > to, but I find it's a quick, easy method to correct pitch...especially on > brand new, high-torque pinblocks. > > Anyway, rephrasing my question: how do right-handers use an impact lever? > > Stay Tuned! > > Mike Hoffman, RPT > Marquette, MI > > ilvey Pacifica, CA ilvey@a.crl.com
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