[CAUT] Tuning Hammers

[Kent Swafford]

On Jan 24, 2006, at 8:27 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:

>
> Hmm, does it matter which poison one uses as long as the piano  
> stays in
> tune?
>
> Have I actually been ruining the tuning pins on pianos for the last  
> 20 or so
> years using a Hale, extension hammer (extended), short tip, short  
> 15 degree
> head?  (My first few years with a Schaff that got stolen.)
>
> Does hammer technique make any difference?

My point, my question exactly.

My light titanium tuning with an extra short 20 degree head tunes  
like a dream. My dream, not someone else's dream. Some say the 20  
degree head is wrong, so I have chosen my poison which seems to work  
for me, but bothers others.

Kent