Hi Mike, Bill uses my wand style 1/2" x 10" hex shaft with 20% head and ball end. We are working on improvements to both the Grand T (a impact lever for both uprights and grands): and some improvments to the head/shaft connectionthe of the hex lever to achieve greater stiffness and less flex. And soon I will have a cigar combination extension lever that will use the 1/2" hex shaft. So for grands one would use the cigar handle and for uprights the ball knob. Two style levers in one! Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike and Jane Spalding" <mjbkspal@execpc.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 7:37 AM Subject: Re: Tuning Time-Joe Goss Hammer > Bill, > > Which of Joe's (Mother's?) hammers do you use? I just visited his website/catalog, and the only listed hammer is the "Grand T" impact hammer. > > thanks > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SidewaysWell1713@aol.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:14 PM > Subject: Re: Tuning Time-Joe Goss Hammer > > > > In a message dated 12/29/02 9:27:05 PM Central Standard Time, > > imatunr@srvinet.com writes: > > > > > > > Hi Speedy Sideways Bill, > > > And my newest hammer may be a little faster yet <G> > > > Joe Goss > > > > > > > > > > Yes, your hammer has a lot to do with my recent time reduction. I guess > > everyone must find what works for him or herself but when I first picked up > > my Wonder Wand from Charles Huether, I liked it and used one for over 10 > > years. Then I bought one from Joe Goss. It took very little time to get > > used to and I noticed that I could get more 1 stroke corrections out of it > > than with my previous hammer. > > > > A few days ago, I was working with my apprentice to whom I had given my old > > Wonder Wand. When I made a correction with my old tuning hammer which I had > > used to tune thousands of pianos, it felt so awkward and inferior. Could I > > say more? > > > > I used the 1 stroke correction idea as a premise to reduce my tuning time and > > did so. Joe Goss' hammer is solid and nicely balanced. It is the transfer > > time from one pin to another and the time it takes to get a string into tune > > which is parallel to the number of strokes it takes. > > > > The fewer strokes, the faster the tuning. There may also be something > > enigmatic about bringing a piano into tune quickly and in a pattern which > > introduces the new tension more evenly. In other words, the quicker it is > > done, the better it is, at least in many cases but certainly not all. > > > > I highly recommend Joe Goss' tools. > > > > Happy New Year! > > > > Bill Bremmer RPT > > Madison, Wisconsin > > <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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