Hi Charles. You can use a regular hammer to tune a piano that is a little on the sharp side. It does not matter much if it is a claw hammer or 8 pound sledge, hitting the pin will result in lowering the pitch. Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Neuman" <piano@charlesneuman.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 5:43 PM Subject: Another newbie question > Next question: Do you really need a "tuning hammer" or can you just use a > regular hammer? And when you hit the tuning pegs with the hammer, do you > hit them mostly up or down to change the pitch, or do you also hit them > left and right? > > "Newbie Charles" > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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