New Tools

[Farrell]

Ooops! I see now that I found my glasses. I did not have them on before. I
couldn't find them. Couldn't see a darn thing on my desk without 'em! Thanks

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "John R Fortiner" <pianoserv440@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: New Tools


> In the header - 2nd line beneath "Original Message where you will plainly
> see, I hope, the following: rayvale@tooeasy.net
>
> John R. Fortiner
> Billings, MT.
>
> Don't panic, I just got my first pair of "real" glasses or I might not
> have seen it. :-)
>
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:08:05 -0400 "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> writes:
> > 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
> > >
> >
>
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