tuning hammer

[Don]

Hi,

Can't spell. Never could.

At 08:02 PM 10/5/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Don,
>
>At 18:22 10/05/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>>Hi Terry,
>>. There you go--one
>>possibly appochrifal explanation of "tuning hammer".
>>
>>At 04:24 PM 10/5/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>> >And for whatever reason, here in the US, most folks call a tuning lever a
>>tuning >hammer!
>>
>> >Terry Farrell
>>
>>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
>
>
>>"appochrifal"
>???
>
>I think that would be vestigial, kinda like your appendix, or the vestige 
>of a former usage.   Those of us who do harpsichords well know the use of a 
>tuning hammer for tapered pins.
>
>Of course, I've heard/seen people refer to the thing as a tuning 
>"key".  Which leaves me wondering, would that be as in door, clock or skate?
>
>
>
>Conrad Hoffsommer
>
>My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely.
>It's gone right now and didn't leave a forwarding address.
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.

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