Hi Carol! I used the air wrench for a couple of pianos, it was fun, kind of a high, like being an dancer or something. Only problem, I was looking for a way anyone could do it, but when I tried to teach the young lady who was learning from me, it took more strength than she had, and when my partner tried it (he doesn't have too great small motor skills) he almost took his thumb tip off (got it in the way of the wire). My goal was to get it all down into one operation as much as possible. Diane >From: "Carol Beigel" <carolrpt@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: air hammers for stringing >Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 21:05:19 EDT > >Actually, you use an air wrench to wind the coils on the pin, then use an >air hammer to drive the pins. Works great! > >APSCO makes a heavy duty star tip for the wrench and I believe the air >hammer comes with a proper punch that you might want to hollow out a litte >for the tuning pins. The tools you would buy at Sears or Trak Auto would >be >good enough. > >Carol Beigel > >>From: A440A@AOL.COM >>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >>To: pianotech@ptg.org >>Subject: air hammers for stringing >>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 09:16:45 EDT >> >> >><<> Has anyone else tried an air >> >hammer to install new pins??? How does it work????>> >> >>I have been wondering about this since the convention, when two techs told >>me >>this is the only way to go. >> Are these air hammers the same thing you see advertised as "muffler >>cutters", or air chisels? >>Wondering is this is something I want to do. >>Regards, >>Ed >> > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >http://profiles.msn.com. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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