My tuning hammer broke last week too. I purchased a replacement and used the metal parts off the damaged hammer to make my own. It took a while to turn down the new square stock. Now I have a custom built hammer and a good back up. Mike Bratcher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sy Zabrocki" <only4zab@imt.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 5:56 PM Subject: 2 Unusual Happenings > Last Saturday I was tuning along in my shop when MY TUNING HAMMER BROKE. > The extension shaft broke right at the threads where it screws into the > lever head. > > Then on Tuesday, three days later, I was tuning with another hammer when the > NO. 2 STAR TIP BROKE IN TWO. One half flaked off and other half popped off > the threads when I pushed on it with my finger. I couldn't believe it. > > It's probably unlikely that either of these tools would break in a lifetime. > What are > the odds that both would break for one person in a three day period. I > wondered > if it was some mystic message for me. Maybe I should stay home for few days. > > This Hale rosewood tuning hammer was given to me in 1970 after another tuner > had died. So I've used it or 32 years and I don't know how long he used it. > I can only guess it broke because of "metal fatigue". > > I'm estimating this hammer visited probably 7 or 8 million pins and then > this one > pin on a Kimball blew it away. It's like it had a heart attack and died. > > Just when you think you've seen it all . . . you haven't. > > Sy Zabrocki--RPT > Billings, MT > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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