"Hammer Technique"

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Jonathan, Ken Burton's book ( I think it is ) "Different Strokes" Would be
good reading for you.
Joe Goss
----------
> From: YouthPage8@AOL.COM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: "Hammer Technique"
> Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 9:35 PM
> 
> 	As a student of the Randy Potter School of Piano technology, and having
been
> tutored under two different technicians, one an RPT and one not, I
thought
> that I knew all there was to know about "Hammer Technique"... or at least
knew
> enough to get by.   Now more than ever, I am concerned that i improve my
> hammer technique.  Is there any special technique that is used on Grand
> pianos?  On uprights I was always taught to bring pitch up by pulling up
> (right) with the hammer, and then lower pitch by going out (towards you)
and
> down (left) with the hammer.  How much do you go out?  Do you apply a lot
of
> pressure out to set the pin in the cradle?  Or is it going just slightly
out
> with most of the force downward to lower pitch?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jonathan Hoover