[CAUT] in praise of impact hammers

[Ed Sutton]

My Reyburn impact hammer arrived 2 days ago.

So far I've tried it on my girlfriend's wretched Cable console with rock
hard tuning pins, taking about 2 hours to get a fair tuning.  Short tests
on Yamaha and Kawai verticals with reasonable pin torque were easier.

Dean says it will take a while to get used to impact tuning. He gave a demo
class in Kansas City, and spoke well of the various models available,
though his is the most sophisticated.

A fellow in England is selling all his piano tools after realizing they
were not an instant fix to his income problems.  He says he'll sell his
Reyburn hammer for $100.

Contact <andrewwilce@yahoo.co.uk>

Ed S.


> From: Otto Keyes <okeyes@uidaho.edu>
> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
> Date: 7/25/2005 5:16:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] in praise of impact hammers
>
> "Bumping" is not impact tuning.  Give the impact hammer a try -- long
enough
> to learn a bit of control with it.
>
> Otto
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Tanner" <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu>
> To: <l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net>; "College and University Technicians"
> <caut@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] in praise of impact hammers
>
>
> >
> > On Monday, July 25, 2005, at 03:46 PM, Leslie Bartlett wrote:
> >
> > > The pins were so tight on the Falcone I feared some would break.
> >
> > See, this is exactly where I would think the impact hammer would be
> > more likely to break tight pins than a standard hammer.
> >
> > I just can't imagine having the same control.  I have no control trying
> > to "bump" the tuning hammer with tight pins.  All that usually happens
> > is that the pin twists, the string renders, but the pin does not budge
> > in the block and everything goes right back south with a few sharp test
> > blows.
> >
> > We have a faculty member here who bought an impact hammer years ago
> > when he worked for a music store out west.  I'll see if he'll let me
> > borrow it to try.
> >
> > Jeff T
> >
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