Bill, Which of Joe's (Mother's?) hammers do you use? I just visited his website/catalog, and the only listed hammer is the "Grand T" impact hammer. thanks Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: <SidewaysWell1713@aol.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:14 PM Subject: Re: Tuning Time-Joe Goss Hammer > In a message dated 12/29/02 9:27:05 PM Central Standard Time, > imatunr@srvinet.com writes: > > > > Hi Speedy Sideways Bill, > > And my newest hammer may be a little faster yet <G> > > Joe Goss > > > > > > Yes, your hammer has a lot to do with my recent time reduction. I guess > everyone must find what works for him or herself but when I first picked up > my Wonder Wand from Charles Huether, I liked it and used one for over 10 > years. Then I bought one from Joe Goss. It took very little time to get > used to and I noticed that I could get more 1 stroke corrections out of it > than with my previous hammer. > > A few days ago, I was working with my apprentice to whom I had given my old > Wonder Wand. When I made a correction with my old tuning hammer which I had > used to tune thousands of pianos, it felt so awkward and inferior. Could I > say more? > > I used the 1 stroke correction idea as a premise to reduce my tuning time and > did so. Joe Goss' hammer is solid and nicely balanced. It is the transfer > time from one pin to another and the time it takes to get a string into tune > which is parallel to the number of strokes it takes. > > The fewer strokes, the faster the tuning. There may also be something > enigmatic about bringing a piano into tune quickly and in a pattern which > introduces the new tension more evenly. In other words, the quicker it is > done, the better it is, at least in many cases but certainly not all. > > I highly recommend Joe Goss' tools. > > Happy New Year! > > Bill Bremmer RPT > Madison, Wisconsin > <A HREF="http://www.billbremmer.com/">Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =-</A> >
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