Hmmmm. Sounds real interesting, but where is the above address?????????? Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; "Raymond Vale" <rayvale@tooeasy.net>; "ari isaac" <isaacah@sprint.ca> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 12:41 PM Subject: New Tools > I have been intending to write this for some time now so > here it is. > > There is a guy, Ray Vale, in San Antonio, who makes some > very nice tools. He makes a set of hammer filing tools that > use strips of sand paper with a very low friction tape > backing that work with a set of three Guides. > > I first used them to straighten up the strike point of an > S&S D someone had filed all wrong and I was having trouble > getting straight because all my sight references had been > destroyed. So I took out Ray's tools and they worked > beautifully and I was able to restore the proper tone to the > piano without destroying the hammers. They will need to be > repalced in the future but these tools help me out of a bad > spot. > > Since I have used them on other situations and find that I > can file hammers straight and evenly using the three > different curves on the inside of the tools. > > They have sides that come down over the shoulders that > orient the tool properly to get an optimum strike point. > > They take practice to use but I don't think I will be > without them on any job now. > > He also makes a voicing support tool that ideally supports > one hammer for voicing. I haven't used it yet but it > appears to solve the problem of good support. > > I can recommend the filing tools without reservation even > though they are a bit expensive because they are all hand > made. > > Ray Vale can be reached at the above address. > > Newton >
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