<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Hi = Joe, For = lightness and a good feel in the hand, you might try one of the titanium hammers = made to your liking by either Michael Calahan, or Charles Faulk. Both of them = make beautiful tuning hammers....similarly priced.    jeannie   <div> Jeannie Grassi, RPT Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal <a = href="mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net">mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net</a>= </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'> <hr size=3 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From:</spa= n> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Alkana Sent: Tuesday, March 01, = 2005 8:25 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Tuning Lever = Tips </div>   <div> Greg, </div> <div> Thanks for your input. I like the idea of = lightness in a tuning hammer for most occasions. The exception being pianos with = really tight pins. Sometimes those types can call for a pronounced nudge that = seems easier to administer with a weighted hammer. </div> <div> One other 'downside' is the cost of those = Jahn puppies! </div> <div>   </div> <div> I think Jahn is pronounced like = yawn! </div> <div>   </div> <div> Joseph Alkana  RPT <a = href="mailto:josephspiano@comcast.net">josephspiano@comcast.net</a></sp= an> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt; margin-left:3.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>= <div> ----- Original Message = ----- </div> <div style='font-color:black'> From:</span= > <a href="mailto:grahampianos@yahoo.com" = title="grahampianos@yahoo.com">Greg Graham</a> </div> <div> To:<= /font> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" = title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div> Sent:</span= > Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:18 PM </div> <div> Subject:</s= pan> Tuning Lever Tips </div> <div>   </div> Joseph, I've been using the pear-shaped Jahn tuning hammer from Pianotek for about a year and like it very much. I went with the non-extension, lightweight hammer and enjoy the feel.  I used to get a sore palm from my old, narrow "straight" handled hammer.  My hand = always feels good now, using any kind of grip (though I'm mostly a palm-on-the-end gripper now.) Very responsive, very rigid, fast when moving from pin to pin, and I don't feel like I've been weightlifting.  Nicely made. Tips fit the pins, easy to change sizes and angles without a wrench if you buy multiple heads.  I have two 15 degree heads, one with a #2 star tip, the other a #3.  I have one 5 degree head with a #3. I'll probably get another 5 degree head someday to mount a #2.  I started with only one of each head and tip, and was torqueing them off with the tip wrench. Getting the extras saves time and effort. The only downside I can see to the Jahn setup is that they don't use "standard" tips.  If they ever stop making the tips, it will be time to get a "standard" hammer. How do you pronounce Jahn?  Like John, Jan, Zzhaaan? Juan?  Greg Graham --------------- Pardon the question if it's been answered before, but are there any of = you that use the Jahn hammer that would care to comment on its quality = and fitness for the job? Any users working with the ball end version? = I'm considering a change from my battered and bruised Schaff-with-the = square-head design. Joseph Alkana  RPT __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. <a = href="http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail">http://promotions.yahoo.com= /new_mail</a> _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</a> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>