I have found that it was not a matter of how heavy the weight as it was more a matter of where the weight is along the handle. I got one with the sliding weight from Schaff a couple of years ago, and I love it! (It's expensive, yes, but it paid for itself in no time flat.) I found I could get the control I was looking for by having the weight right down near the head of the hammer for *delicate* jobs such as tuning the high treble on a 1098. I suspect that a lot has to do with there being less handle to flex between the head and the weight. The less flex, the greater control. Then with having everything at close range, and the weight doubling as a nice fat handle ... why, it was like doing precision work with a short chisel and being able to keep your *business* hand close to the work, rather than having to control the blade from several inches away. Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ---------- > From: Jlovekeys@aol.com > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Re: Taming the 1098/impact hammers > Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 9:07 AM > > Reducing the weight on the end of my impact hammer gave me much more control. > I cut mine down so the weight is about 1.5 inches long(with a hacksaw,new > blades work faster)
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