Thank you Barbara: Yes, I do have a personal preference for heavy tools! As an experiment, I wrapped a pound roll of solder around the handle of a tuning hammer. The greater control it gave me convinced me to get a speed hammer and I have been very happy with it. If I get a chance, maybe in Harrisburg in April, I will try one. Thanks again. On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Barbara Richmond <piano57 at comcast.net>wrote: > Jeff, > > Be tempted to try one. I never thought I needed one, either. Then I > read some posts on this list by folks I respect and decided to check out > what they were raving about. The first thing I noticed was the lightness of > lifting the tool from pin to pin. Yeah, that was cool. And then I started > noticing the incredible control I had over the tuning pin.... To be honest, > I've not really thought much about springiness in tuning pins, but after > using a stiff hammer, I found out how much springiness there is in tuning > levers! > > Based on my of experience (27 yrs) using whatever hammer technique works > for each instrument--jerk, smooth push pull, jiggle, etc., I believe the > only time weight <really> makes a difference in a tuning lever is with an > impact-style tool (unless you just have a personal perference for heavy > tools). Even with jerk tuning--which is my default, since I was trained > that way-- the light & stiff lever out-performs the old & heavy Hale, hands > down. I have more control than I ever imagined possible, with the added > benefit of less fatigue from moving the tool from pin to pin. Or maybe the > fatigue is less because tuning is so much easier. Whatever...I'm not going > back. > > Best wishes, > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, IL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Deutschle" <oaronshoulder at gmail.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thursday, January 1, 2009 11:33:05 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tight Tuning Pins > > > John: > > Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I use both styles, depending on the > piano, also. If the stiffer hammers were available in heavier weights, I'd > be tempted to try one. > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:25 PM, John Formsma < formsma at gmail.com > wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Jeff Deutschle < oaronshoulder at gmail.com> wrote: > > I have never felt a need for a stiffer hammer. It seems that there is so > much spring to the pin (otherwise how could the center of the stability > "dip" be found) that any spring in the hammer would not be significant. > > -- > Regards, > Jeff Deutschle > > > -- Regards, Jeff Deutschle Please address replies to the List. Do not E-mail me privately. Thank You. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090102/1c98380e/attachment.html>
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