Impact hammers.

[Diane Hofstetter]

Dear Graeme,
Impact hammers are _wonderful!_ (awful?)  They will save you shoulder 
muscles, make you less tired at the end of the tunings on vertical pianos, 
help with stability.  BUT they are just like learning how to use a tuning 
hammer all over again.  You cannot feel the changes in the pin, so you have 
to depend much more on listening, or if you tune with an ETD on the lights.  
It takes the determination to learn how to use it for about a month and then 
you will never want to tune without it again.
  I've had mine for so long, I don't know what brands are available today, 
good luck,
  Diane



>From: "Graeme Harvey" <gharvey@netsource.co.nz>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Impact hammers.
>Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:49:31 +1300
>
>Good morning / afternoon list,
>
>I'm curious about impact hammers. I've not used one and would like to know 
>if they really are a useful addition to one's toolcase.
>Which brand?
>What specific jobs are they good for?
>
>I assume they would help with tuning pianos with really tight pins...... am 
>I correct?
>
>Thanks
>
>Graeme Harvey

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