<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin: Based on the experience of = using an impact hammer for 15 years, I say a definite "yes" to both questions. As in all = things, it just takes a lot of practice. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick C. Poulson<BR>Registered Piano Technician<BR>Piano Technicians Guild</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr href="mailto:quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr">Quentin Codevelle</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 11, = 2004 8:46 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Impact Tuning = Hammers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But, sometimes one needs to turn the = tuning pin very very sightly (for making beautiful unisons, for = example).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this hammer capable to make very = precise tuning pins movements?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can it replace a "regular" = hammer?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Quentin.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>