New Tools

[Newton Hunt]

OOPS.

Raymond Vale <rayvale@tooeasy.net>

Farrell wrote:
> 
> 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
> >