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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That is correct Mike, you don't make =
any slow pull
movements with the impact lever - every movement is an impact event. =
Like Dean
Reyburn describes on his web page: <A
href="http://www.reyburn.com/cyberhammer.html">http://www.reyburn.com/c=
yberhammer.html</A>,
most impact levers have too large a weight on the end to make small =
fine-tuning
movements. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My impact lever is one that Dean would =
not like -
it is from one of the supply houses and has the =
too-large-for-fine-tuning weight
on the end. However, I find the large weight great for pitch raises on
tight-pinned vertical pianos. I don't use my impact lever for pitch =
raises
on pianos with non-tight pins (I would guess below 100 inch-pounds of =
torque)
because you can spin the pins way too far way too easy. I also don't =
use my
impact lever for any fine tuning - for one, I agree with Dean that the =
weight is
just too massive, and also, I simply haven't mastered my technique with =
the
impact lever yet (although maybe I have such a tough time because of the =
large
weight!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use my traditional Renner/Bowman =
lever for pitch
raising non-tight-pinned vertical pianos, pitch raising all grand pianos =
and all
fine tuning - and like it quite a bit. Next convention I go to I will =
make a
point of visiting Dean Reyburn and giving his fancy light-weight =
(relatively)
impact levers a whirl in fine-tuning mode - I have little doubt I will =
be
impressed with them.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<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>