[CAUT] Tuning Hammers

[Keith Roberts]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford@earthlink.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Tuning Hammers


> 
> 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
> 
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