New Tools

[Farrell]

Hmmmm. Sounds real interesting, but where is the above address??????????

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; "Raymond Vale" <rayvale@tooeasy.net>; "ari isaac"
<isaacah@sprint.ca>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 12:41 PM
Subject: New Tools


> I have been intending to write this for some time now so
> here it is.
>
> There is a guy, Ray Vale, in San Antonio, who makes some
> very nice tools.  He makes a set of hammer filing tools that
> use strips of sand paper with a very low friction tape
> backing that work with a set of three Guides.
>
> I first used them to straighten up the strike point of an
> S&S D someone had filed all wrong and I was having trouble
> getting straight because all my sight references had been
> destroyed.  So I took out Ray's tools and they worked
> beautifully and I was able to restore the proper tone to the
> piano without destroying the hammers.  They will need to be
> repalced in the future but these tools help me out of a bad
> spot.
>
> Since I have used them on other situations and find that I
> can file hammers straight and evenly using the three
> different curves on the inside of the tools.
>
> They have sides that come down over the shoulders that
> orient the tool properly to get an optimum strike point.
>
> They take practice to use but I don't think I will be
> without them on any job now.
>
> He also makes a voicing support tool that ideally supports
> one hammer for voicing.  I haven't used it yet but it
> appears to solve the problem of good support.
>
> I can recommend the filing tools without reservation even
> though they are a bit expensive because they are all hand
> made.
>
> Ray Vale can be reached at the above address.
>
> Newton
>