Ooops! I see now that I found my glasses. I did not have them on before. I couldn't find them. Couldn't see a darn thing on my desk without 'em! Thanks Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John R Fortiner" <pianoserv440@juno.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:14 PM Subject: Re: New Tools > In the header - 2nd line beneath "Original Message where you will plainly > see, I hope, the following: rayvale@tooeasy.net > > John R. Fortiner > Billings, MT. > > Don't panic, I just got my first pair of "real" glasses or I might not > have seen it. :-) > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 19:08:05 -0400 "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > writes: > > 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 > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >
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