Steven When I got started, I always got the most expensive tools for any job I needed to do. It has saved me a lot of money over the years. I know boring your own hammers is something you might eventually want to do in the future. But for now, I would recommend you buy your hammers from a company that not only bores them, but also hangs them of the shanks. They will do a lot better job and it saves you a lot of time. All of the hammer sellers do an excellent job, and if you can give them the brand and model number of the piano, some don't even need samples.? (You will have to do some traveling and burning, but you would need to do that anyway if you did your own.) Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Steven Hopp <hoppsmusic at hotmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 6:09 am Subject: [pianotech] Equipment Purchase Help Hello all, ? As my business grows and having past experience in another business I have learned that the proper equipment makes a huge difference in efficiency.? That said there is a huge amount of equipment necessary for piano repair and minor refurbishing.? I am wondering where to spend my money?? I want to be able to replace hammers and do quality regulation.? Certainly with time this desire will grow to more ambitious ventures. ? My question is about spurlock and jarris tools.? Which is the best device for hanging grand hammers and measuring string height, let off tools (spurlock clamp).? What about boring new hammers.? Is there a recommended jig?? If I have little experience in boring should I just order them done for me until I feel I can afford a test run?? I am NOT a manufacturer of things.? I want to buy something to make the job easier and faster but I can not build my own things. ? Any suggestions and help? ? thanks, ? Steven Hopp PianoWorks Studio 432-770-7473 Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. Learn Now = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090217/04f465b5/attachment-0001.html>
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