[CAUT] Tuning Hammers

[David Love]

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I haven=92t had that problem.  I=92ve used their heads with a Bowman =
hammer I
had and now a Faulk and use Watanabe tips, they fit fine on both ends.  =
I
carry two lengths both 10 degrees:  one is overall length 2 =BC=94 (with =
the
tip) that I use for almost everything.  Occasionally I run into a grand =
with
high struts or an upright where the pins are set back under the lid too =
far.
For those I use the longer one which with the tip measures about 3 =
=BC=94 .
Haven=92t found a piano yet that presented a clearance problem for the =
longer
one.  I prefer tuning with as short a head as possible.=20

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David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20

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From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of =
Jeff
Tanner
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:13 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Tuning Hammers

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On Jan 24, 2006, at 3:29 PM, David Love wrote:





I like 10 degrees, though they are hard to find.  APSCO used to make =
them

and you can find them at Schaff still in the old APSCO stock.  It offers

good clearance with a shorter tip through the scale and still gives that

good semi-perpendicular feel. =20

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David Love

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Problem is they don't fit anything.  After I lost my Hale hammer in a
classroom in college, I bought a rosewood extension hammer from APSCO in
1992, but was too broke at the time to order extra heads and tips.  It =
may
have been old Tuners Supply stock, I don't know, but the one extra head =
I
had for my Hale hammer does fit it.  After APSCO began making heads with =
the
Hale logo, they changed the thread size or shaft size or something, and =
the
newer APSCO heads do NOT fit my '92 APSCO or Hale or whatever hybrid it =
is
hammer.  So, I bought a new APSCO hammer so I could have more options =
with
heads and tips, but was never happy with those tips and then they sold =
out
to to Schaff.  Now that Schaff owns the brand, as far as I understand, =
they
are only tapping the heads to fit the Schaff threads and they don't even
match up with Schaff hammers and the threads get messed up the first =
time
you crank them down tight.

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I ordered the head I have as a 15 degree, but I think its more like a 10 =
and
I love it.  I like it much better than the other 15 degree heads I have.
But a 5 degree head now feels almost like it's a negative angle.  I only =
use
that with my 7 inch handle.

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I miss Tuners Supply.

Jeff

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Jeff Tanner, RPT

University of South Carolina

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