At 04:28 AM 11/28/97 -0700, you wrote: > > Owen, > > Probably every tuner has gone through the agonies of establishing >hammer technique are you are doing. There are many, many ways of handling >the hammer and all of them will work well, once you have learned the >subtle ways of moving and the angles required. > This is another shamless promotion but worthwhile, I believe. I >have written a book on Hammer Techniques, titled DIFFERENT STROKES. In it >there are examples of tuners who tune left-handed for grands and >right-handed on uprights. One many uses the long tip and head you >mentioned so that he can work with the hammer over the stretcher. One >left-handed tuner uses his fingers on the top of an upright to lever up >the handle and uses his fingers on the struts of a grand. > This is why the title is DIFFERENT STROKES--there is such a >variety of techniques being used. I believe that it is important to have a >variety of approaches because we face a variety of pianos, tuning pins, >pinblocks. One section of the book contains over twenty techniques which >can be used to cope with different piano conditions. > The price of the book is $13.95 If you are interested, send a >cheque to Ken Burton > 3715 7 Ave NW > Calgary, Alberta > T2N 4J1 > We have a postal strike in Canada just now so you'll have to wait >a week or so before the US Postal Service will accept mail that is Canada >bound. > Happy tuning! Ken Burton > >On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Owen J Greyling, RPT wrote: > >> >> >Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 14:40:15 >> >To: Pianotech >> >From: "Owen J Greyling, RPT" <greyco@adan.kingston.net> >> >Subject: leftie vs. rightie >> Owen and list, I highly recommend The Ken Burton book "Different Strokes". While teaching at the PTG convention this year I insisted that all my tuning tutoring students purchase the book. I found it terrific at creating dialog about this subject. I hope to use it for a chapter meeting technical sometime in the future. By the way, My teacher Barbara Martin insisted that I "being Left handed" would learn to tune left handed on verticals and right handed on grands. I still do to this day. No sign of carpal tunnel syndrome yet! I wonder if this switching technique has helped? Bob Robert S. Bussell Registered Piano Technician, PTG Indianapolis, Indiana, rbussell@iquest.net
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