<!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 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mike,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <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=mkurta@adelphia.net = href="mailto:mkurta@adelphia.net">Mike Kurta</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> Sunday, September 18, = 2005 8:59 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Impact hammers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Hey = Folks:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>