This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment All this in 2 octaves!? Wow! See my previous post..... :-) Otto ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jeff Tanner=20 To: College and University Technicians=20 Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] impact hammer On Nov 11, 2005, at 2:13 PM, Otto Keyes wrote: If you guys had started out learning to tune with that level of = patience & commitment you'd still be digging ditches!! Nah, I had much more confidence in that first "Trophy" brand tuning = hammer than I felt with the impact hammer - at least the impact hammer I = tried. It's one thing to have patience in learning a skill -- = completely something else to not have any confidence in the tool used to = do the job. Like learning to dig a ditch with a shovel that has a hinge = in the handle. Just like if I had to learn to tune with the finest Schaff hammers = that they sell today, I'd trade them for something that gave me more = control as soon as I found it. Other folk seem to be able to use the = Schaff tools just fine. *&^%*()(%$%# thing won't work! Must be the %^*&X@# hammer's fault!=20 Not what I meant at all. I like the control I have with the tool I = use and was so VERY uncomfortable with the feel of the impact hammer I = didn't feel like it was worth pursuing for me at this time. It wasn't = that I couldn't move the pitch precisely - it was that I had absolutely = no confidence or any way to test (feel) whether the pin torque was at a = balance and the tuning was stable. Quite often the tool would simply = twist the pin - the pitch would move and the pin did not move in the = hole. I just had zero confidence. Not knocking the tool or the idea. At this time in life, it's just = not something I have time to relearn, or the money to spend. (Ditch digging might not be such a bad alternative. We'd be getting = exercise, fresh air, and if you get with the right company, you'd = probably earn more and have better benefits than many of us!) Jeff Jeff Tanner, RPT University of South Carolina ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/81/8f/25/f8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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