Impact tuning hammers

[terryb]

Kallie,

Go to: www.reyburn.com, and go to the bottom of the page. Click on 
"cyberhammer impact tuning lever".

Terry Beckingham

At 11:35 AM 9/18/2007 +0200, you wrote:
>Where can one purchase a Reyburn impact hammer, and what does it cost?
>
>
>Kallie Swanepoel
>Piano Tuner/Klavierstemmer
>Tel: +27 (0) 12-379-3762
>Cel: +27 (0) 83-261-6942
>Fax: +27 (0) 88-633-2999
>Skype Name: KallieSwanepoel
>Website: http://www.kallieswanepoel.co.za/
>
>-----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