I wouldn't like a hammer that required changing tips all the time. I have a Tuners Supply hammer with a #2 tip, and can't remember the last time I changed a tip. I do have a thin walled tip on a tip adaptor that has a square head for the odd too close pin situation. I have another Tuners Supply hammer with the long tip for grands. I have used them both since the late 70's. I tried other hammers briefly at the conventions, but never felt the need to upgrade. John Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia On 2011-02-07, at 1:41 PM, David Nereson wrote: > > > > <<Reply to Keith and Kurt., > Kurt, > <<. . . . . . The trade off if any , is in the ability to use your existing collection of heads and tips along with easy site lines and plate clearance .. . . . . . .>> > > > This is what I've heard as well. I assume you're referring to the Fujan. I find myself having to change tips and heads all the time -- almost every day. Either there's a high plate strut or a pronounced overhang on the top rim of an upright's plate, or the pins are impossibly close together in the low tenor (Wurtilizer spinets) and I have to change to the thin-wall tip, or the thing's been re-pinned with #5's, etc. > --David Nereson, RPT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110207/85f02b03/attachment.htm>
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