This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Sorry Dave, I'm just a smart aleck kinda guy! But then you went on = to confirm my smart-aleck comment, so I forgive you. Really, the only = piano I would really consider using one of the impact hammers on are the = Baldwin's and Steinway's. I usually have quite a time using that kind of = hammer because it really takes some getting used to. I've heard it said = that when you first get one you should use it on the next ten pianos you = tune, and then you might just get the hang of it. I've also experienced = the phenomenon that if you nail the right pitch on the up-swing, just = take it off the pin, no need to reverse direction! Good luck, and have patience!! Kevin E. Ramsey ramsey@extremezone.com=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dave Bunch=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:06 PM Subject: Re: Impact Lever You know, I was just waiting for some smart-alec Baldwin comment. No = it wasn't a Baldwin, although I must say living in Baldwin country, I = very much like to tune Baldwins except for a very few tightly pinned = examples that seem to give the rest a bad name. Actually, I DID get the pins to move. It is just that it seemed to = require a lot more impacting than I would have guessed since these = things are supposed to reduce shoulder and elbow stress. I will stick = with it for a while to see if things get smoother. I admit that long ago I did a floor tuning on a Baldwin console that I = could see the thick shaft of my extension lever bending to where I = though it was going to snap. Either the lever or the pin should have = broken but didn't. I would like to see that piano today to see if has = become more managable over the years. Dave Bunch ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Kevin E. Ramsey=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:13 PM Subject: Re: Impact Lever Are you trying it on a Baldwin? HHHmmm?? I have one of those, and it has never failed to turn pins for = me. Kevin E. Ramsey ramsey@extremezone.com=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dave Bunch=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2:53 PM Subject: Impact Lever I ordered a Mehaffey impact lever from Pianotek. They sent me one = of those adjustable weight levers as is shown in the Schaff catalog. A = rather presumptuous substitution, but I thought I would give it a try on = my own vertical with typical "new piano" pin tightness. With the weight all the way to the end I would bang this thing = over and over without the pin moving. This is not good. Is this = particular lever too light? Is the Mehaffey heavier? Does anyone who has = tried both have any insight? Dave Bunch ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/90/d3/1f/24/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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