>...a tuning pin setter will >not prevent the tuning pin from "slipping" when it is pounded. The handle is >just for you to hold on to the punch that is used to pound in the tuning >pin... >Willem You can control the pitch from dropping with the tuning pin setter by using the handle.* You can even it make it go sharp. The more pianos you tap pins with, the greater one learns to exercise the control. *Description: "...Allows you to hold pin securely while driving, so that string does not slip..." (Pianotek Supply Company catalog, page B-10) I currently tap tuning pins with a heavy duty version of the essentially the same idea. It's one I bought from Pianotek at one of the national conventions and have been using it ever since. However, I don't see it listed it in their catalog. Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA
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