[CAUT] Tuning Hammers

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Richard,
The size and shape of your knob will have a lot to do with the comfort of
your tuning lever.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rwest1@unl.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Tuning Hammers


> I've had a question about the "ball type" tuning levers.  I bought
> one last year because the buzz was that these hammers are
> "ergonomically correct." i.e., align everything to make less stress
> on the joints, etc.  Are there studies proving this?  I've returned
> to my old tuning hammer because I found the ball type was causing
> pain and cramping in the palm of my hand.  I think I determined that
> the way I hold that lever causes me to use my fingers more often to
> pull, and this was stressing my joints.  With the old fashioned
> lever, I put the end of the lever in the knuckle area of my hand and
> hardly use my fingers to pull the hammer.    Also the ball type lever
> I bought was slightly shorter which require more effort to pull hence
> more stress.   I'm interested in the fujan lever, but I'm concerned
> about the ball.  Am I using improperly?
>
> Richard West
> University of Nebraska
>
> On Jan 24, 2006, at 8:45 PM, Kent Swafford wrote:
>
> >
> > 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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