This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi William, I agree that changing the head is easier. I love the schaff hammer. It = makes my hands smell like tree sap, or shrubs. the wood handle I guess. = I think its great. I can just tap it gently to get a note in on some = occasions. =20 Are you going to the convention in Rochester? If so, we need to get = connected. =20 My speed isn't up yet, but my tunings are getting better. I've heard = from people after my tunings that the piano either sounds fuller, or = louder. I'm excited about what other things i"m going to learn in this = trade. It's taken me about 25 years to make the right connections to get = into this. I'm glad finding a wife was easier. :) I didn't know that = Jim COleman SR. had a stroke. I hope he's still able to tune etc. Marshall Marshall ----- Original Message -----=20 From: William Benjamin=20 To: 'Pianotech List'=20 Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:20 PM Subject: RE: tips Marshall, =20 Changing the knuckle and all is by far easier, than trying to get the = tip off. To get the tip off you have to have the right tip tool. =20 =20 If you have a Schaff extendable hammer you can not do any better, = unless you are competing for the strangest or most elaborate tool. = That hammer is what 90 percent of the tuners use and there is a reason: = because it is the best. =20 Also, sorry about the misinformation about Jim Coalman Senior. I = thought he had died after his stroke. He was a wonderful man and I owe = a lot to him. =20 Hope things are going well for you and keep up the good work. =20 William =20 =20 =20 =20 PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire www.pianoboutique.biz The tuner alone, preserves the tone. =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of pianotune05@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 12:44 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: RE: tips =20 Hi William, I thought changing the head is easier than changing the tip. I kept = hitting my hand on the piano when tuning. I think I have the 5 degree = head that came with the 21schaff hammer. =20 =20 Someone mentioned a Jahn hammer. I've seen one of them. The're pretty = neat. I also saw a hammer that had a screwdriver handle. =20 Marshall =20 -------------- Original message --------------=20 From: "William Benjamin" <pianoboutique@comcast.net>=20 Marshall, =20 I would suggest you use a 15 degree knuckle and a number 2 medium = tip. You might try a long number 2 tip for those places that you = mentioned. Personally I have a Number 2 long tip with a 15 degree = knuckle in my tool kit, because it is easier to change that way in the = field. =20 William =20 =20 =20 =20 PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire www.pianoboutique.biz The tuner alone, preserves the tone. =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] = On Behalf Of pianotune05@comcast.net Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 3:15 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: tips =20 Thanks Steve. I'll check it out. I'm curious if the higher degree = tips will help me in tight spots and where the piano and handle often = meet on tall uprights. Marshall =20 -------------- Original message --------------=20 From: "Steve Fujan" <sjfujan@gmail.com>=20 Marshall, =20 The probability is very high the Watanabe tips will fit your new = Schaff lever. I have not seen a 20 degree head from Schaff or PianoTek. = For 20 degree heads check out: www.colemantools.com . Regards, Steve Fujan www.fujanproducts.com =20 On 2/17/06, pianotune05@comcast.net <pianotune05@comcast.net> = wrote:=20 Hi Steve, Do these tips fit the Schaff #21 lever, the rosewood one? I = experienced the tip problem on Wednesday while tuning a Straube piano. Marshall =20 -------------- Original message --------------=20 From: "Steve Fujan" < sjfujan@gmail.com>=20 Don, =20 I've sold quite a few of the Watanabe tips. They have much = better fit and consistancy than what I have seen of the recent Schaff = tips. If you are just buying tips, I suggest getting them from PianoTek = Supply www.pianoteksupply.com. I sell them also, but must mark them up = to cover costs. =20 Good luck, Steve Fujan www.fujanproducts.com =20 On 2/16/06, Don Price <dcp3@twol.com> wrote:=20 List - I've used the Hale hammer (lever), heads and tips for = umpteen years. Needing to replace a couple of tips and since Hale is = not longer=20 in business, I ordered from Schaff. The Schaff tips fit the = threads on the hammer O.K., but the tip doesn't fit the pins as well as the = Hale tips did. The Schaff tip seems to fit well on the pin at the = very end=20 of the tip, but there seems an extreme amount in and out play = (on an upright) on the end of the hammer. On a twelve inch hammer = length, the end of the hammer will move in/out 1 1/2 to 2 inches. The Hale = tips=20 let the hammer end move less than 1/2 inch. Do any of you have a recommendation for another place to find = tips which provide a better fit with the pin? Thanks. Don _____________! ! _______________________! ___________=20 Pianotech list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives =20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ff/3a/3b/84/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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