Impact Hammer was Tuning levers

[SUSAN P SWEARINGEN]

I started with the one that Schaff sells and learned the technique very
quick.  Personally, I found that picking up the impact technique was much
easier than learning to use a traditional lever.  Now that I use the impact
hammer, I couldn't imagine wrestling around with a traditional lever.

The problem with the Schaff unit, in my opinion, is that it was clunky and
bounces around too much on the pin.  Also, the weight was way too heavy,
even though it can be shifted up and down the shaft.

So, I had Keith Bowman, at Renner, make me a beautiful lever out of tropical
hardwood and I absolutely love it.  Yes, it is an investment ($250) but it
will last a lifetime and works just fabulous!  I love the impact technique
so much that I had a T-hammer impact lever made for me so that I can tune
grands using this same method.  Again, it works like a charm.

For people who are interested, talk to Keith Bowman for an upright impact
hammer and talk to Mike Swendson (or Mother Goose Tools) for a grand
T-hammer.  The fella at Mother Goose (I forget his name but he is active on
this list) has a picture of the one he makes on his website.  I'm sure he
could comment a bit more on his design.

Corte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 7:01 PM
Subject: Impact Hammer was Tuning levers


> Susan (Corte?) says:
> I would urge you to at least try an impact lever.  I feel I get much
greater
> accuracy with an impact lever since I feel I can make smaller increments
> with it.
>
> Question:
> Which one do you have?
>
> Others:
> Preference?
>
> Alan Barnard
> Always Willing to Blow More Money on Tool, Lord Knows, in Salem, MO
>
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