New Tuning hammers

[Derek Gibson]

Hello Jim:

  Thanks for taking the time to email me.  I will definitely go ahead with
this repair but I will also be purchasing a larger hammer.  I've been
apprenticing with Roger Jolly for the past year, and I really like his hammer
technique so I need something to give the pins a bigger bump.  However my old
hammer will still make a more than adequate backup.

Thanks again,
Derek

"Jim Coleman, Sr." wrote:

> Hi Derek:
>
> You can save some money by rethreading the shaft yourself. It takes
> a 1/4"pipe thread. I have done it several times when I notice the
> joint starting to get a little loose. I grind the end down where the
> bad threads were. A Pipe thread has a little taper to it, so you don't
> want to have the end too long beyond where the threads become tight.
>
> Jim Coleman, Sr.
>
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Derek Gibson wrote:
>
> > I  was just into my first tuning of the day when my tuning hammer broke
> > at the hammer head threads(the piano did not have tight pins, and the
> > hammer is only 7 years old)   Believe it or not I had an old beginner
> > tuning lever that has been kicking around in the back of my car(I'm
> > usually not that organized/lucky).  I will  probably buy a replacement
> > shaft for it  but I'm in the market for a new one.  Anyways I've been
> > looking through a number of catalogues and I was wondering if anyone has
> > some recommendations on a good quality, heavy hammer.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Derek
> >
> >