favorite hammer

[Kenneth W. Burton]

	Don,

	In your class on tuning hammers, please do not overlook the Schaff
Mini'extendible hammer. I order a regular shaft so that it would extend a
bit more than the original design.
	I use this little hammer for all of my tuning, including rebuilt
Steinway D's. My feeling is that, for some pianos, a short handle helps me
to move the tuning pin a smaller amount.
	For upright pianos, I have a comfort handle. This is used like a
Charley Huether ball but I have shaped it so that my fingers have a better
place to rest.
	I use extra short heads with angles of 5, 10, 15 and 20 degrees,
though I also keep a standard head handy for a few pianos with lids or
plate with extra overhang.

	Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta

On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, DMCKECH wrote:

>
> List,
>
> This thread on tuning levers is very good timing. I will be taking part in
> the Hands-On class at the PA State Conference (Apr. 3-6). My topic will be
> *Tuning Levers, Which One Is Right For You?*. On hand will be most of the
> levers currently available, along with a variety of tips and heads, for
> people to try. I plan to ask some suppliers if it would be possible to
> borrow a few levers to complete my collection. If you have a lever
> currently not in production, or one of a kind, bring it by for a
> show-and-tell.
>
> Don McKechnie
> Ithaca College
> dmckech@ithaca.edu
>
> Mark Your Calendars Now For NYSCON 97!
> October 17-19,1997
> Radisson Hotel
> Corning, NY
>
>