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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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al<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tuning Hammer – really =
degenerated
from idiosyncratic nomenclature in use since the year dot. Was =
originally ‘T’
hammer (for reasons obvious) then just sort of got included in the =
general run
of name calling to “tuning hammer” – a name I =
don’t use
myself. With me it’s either a ‘T’ hammer (for grands =
that lay
down flat) or a lever (for upright verticals which stand up-right) =
</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Michael G.(<st1:country-region =
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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Farrell [mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 18 September 2005 =
16:12<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Impact =
LEVERS, was:
Impact hammers</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hey Joe - You don't need to re-set an impact lever on =
a pin
for any reason. You simply put it on the pin in a favorable position =
much like
you do with a traditional lever. If you find yourself removing and =
re-setting
the impact lever on tuning pins, I would suggest that you simply haven't
figured out where to position it in the first place! =
:-)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What is your "knob hammer"? I presume this =
is some
type of tuning LEVER? Is it some type of impact lever or a traditional =
lever? Assuming
it is some type of traditional lever, please be aware that no one that I =
know
of is trying to argue that an impact lever is "better" than a
traditional lever. There are advantages and disadvantages to each and =
some will
always prefer one over the other. Both can be used, with training, to =
produce a
well-tuned, stable piano.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The one thing that I do say is that if you have been =
using a
traditional lever and have arm and/or shoulder pain related to =
tight-pinned
pianos, an impact lever can offer you relief from the pain and let your =
body
heal.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>BTW: Where on earth did the term tuning <em><i><font
face=Arial><span =
style='font-family:Arial'>hammer</span></font></i></em> ever
come from? These levers that we all use to tune pianos with look a lot =
more to
me like tuning LEVERS!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Terry Farrell</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>That is exactly why I quit using the impact tool. It =
was so
slow in that one needed to re-set the hammer on the pin to get the =
impact at
the correct spot for fine adjustments. With my knob hammer it is only =
necessary
to loosen the grip on the pin a tad to get more =
movement.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Usually one just bumps the knob to relax the pin If =
you have
not raised the pitch too far. And if too far a click down and right back =
up.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Wierd but it seems that once the pin has been moved =
up a
click and down a click, one can make smaller clicks of the pin back up =
again.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Joe Goss RPT<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Clue me in on impact =
hammers. I
used one on trial and was frustrated, finding it difficult to make fine
back-and-forth movements in the pins. Moving in one direction was =
fine, but
to go back the other way I had to first take up the slack in the head to
reverse direction. Am I to understand that one doesn't make tiny, =
slow
pull changes but instead uses the impact feature exclusively? =
Otherwise
it seemed that the wide movement of the handle was cumbersome and =
difficult to
overcome.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Mike =
Kurta</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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