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<A title=HazenBannister@cs.com
href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 23, 2001 =
6:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Tuning hammer</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi list, <BR>< My wife is =
apprenticing
with me,and I bought her the nylon tuning hammer from Schaff.I have =
the
rosewood hammer ></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2> Thanks,Hazen Bannister <BR>Western =
Carolinas
Chapter</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> =
Hazen,
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I =
don't mean to be
picky , but the term hammer seems antiquated to me. Years =
ago the
back end of the head I believe was used to hammer tuning pins . =
We
manipulate the pin with a tool best described as a =
lever.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> We all understand =
what you
mean when referring to a tuning hammer, and certainly using this =
reference is
no crime.Lever just sounds more accurate. Just my =
opinion----gotta go
tend to the horses and put my tools in the buggy -- =
Grinning
all the way . Tom Driscoll</FONT></DIV>
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