[CAUT] tuning hammer

[David Ilvedson]

I haven't changed my tuning head/tip since I bought it...Charles Faulk titanium, nothing to do with the hammer, I just haven't felt a need to change the tip...I'm interested a Fujan, though...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "ari isaac" <isaac at isaacpiano.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Received: 10/21/2009 7:29:08 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] tuning hammer


>Hi.
> 
>I tried a Fujan hammer and then I tried Mayer Gluzman's.  I find Mayer's
>carbon fiber hammer gives me more control and a better feel of the tuning
>pins.  I have far more variety of heads and tips and I fit those to the
>individual piano. I can use the Jahn heads (5,7,10,15 degrees) or an
>American (Hale) head and tips.  The sections and the two hardwood handles;
>one elongated ball shape, the other same diameter as the carbon fiber tube
>only longer than the ball shape, give me anything from a really short to a
>quite long tuning hammer.  I've been very pleased with it and the tunings
>are very stable even on pianos where I was sure they would be wabbly.   
> 
>Ari Isaac.