Impact tuning hammers

[Kallie Swanepoel]

Where can one purchase a Reyburn impact hammer, and what does it cost?


Kallie Swanepoel
Piano Tuner/Klavierstemmer
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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of John Formsma
Sent: 18 September 2007 03:58
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Impact tuning hammers

As others have said, the Reyburn CyberHammer is good. I use mine
almost all the time, and I recommend it.

Having said that, one can also get similar function from an impact
motion with a regular lever.  All it takes is bumping the end of the
lever with the palm, or whatever part of the hand feels right. This
works well for me, but my shoulder gets a little tired from holding
the hand up at that height. Not sore, but a little tired.

One thing about the RCH is that you can't feel the pins move as with a
traditional lever.  It's something that you don't really need to feel
to tune well with it, but I still want to. <g>

JF

On 9/17/07, Thos Carpenter <cathomas1003 at qwest.net> wrote:
>
>
> Dear List,
> I am looking at impact tuning hammers.  The only ones I`ve found so far
are
> 2 that Schaff offers and the ones available from Reyburn.
> I am intrigued by the Keyes lever (Schaff) because it has an adjustable
> weight to control the effect based on tuning pin torque.
> Are there any more available an/or comments?
> thanks,
> Tom Carpenter