TUNING HAMMERS/LEVERS

[Bill Ballard]

At 9:14 AM -0400 4/15/04, Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:
>Both have a very different feel  but as Richard Davenport once said 
>to me "hey you can learn to tune with a broom handle if that s all 
>you've got".

I agree. Right now, you've got to immediately replace a stolen 
hammer, so now is not the time to research  everybody else's absolute 
top'o'th'line hammer. Hammers, like actions for pianists, are an 
individual fit. What works for everyone's biceps and wrist and (and 
matches their cuff-links) may not work for you. So buy yourself a $20 
gooseneck hammer, and the next Guild convention exhibit hall you're 
in, try all the fancy ones. Unless, of course, there isn't something 
else you could be buying the replacement for, with the extra $200 in 
price.

Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

"I gotta go ta woik...."
     ...........Ian Shoales, Duck's Breath Mystery Theater
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