Impact Tuning Hammers

[Farrell]

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Just thought I'd report in on the aftermath of the dreaded K-52.

I slayed the beast!

The pins on this thing were tight, but not as bad as some. The piano was =
about 10 cents flat and kind of all over the place. I did a pitch raise =
with the impact lever and a fine tuning pass with my fancy Keith Bowman =
lever (NC conference door prize from several years ago!!!).

I can see that the impact lever will take some getting used to. The =
pitch raise took me a full hour (hey, first time with a new type lever =
dude - back off!). One thing I started doing after just a few notes - as =
my right hand started to freak-out from the new motion - was to use my =
left hand on the lever also. I'll train myself to be an ambidextrous =
impact lever tuner! I've got a screwed up right arm, and I really think =
this will be an asset to my ability to pay my mortgage and buy lots of =
spruce.

I think I'll try and force myself to do all vertical pitch raises with =
the impact lever. I figure that will be a good harmless way of getting =
used to controlling it. Any experienced opinions on that?

After the pitch raise, I spent 90 minutes tuning that &$*(# thing. I =
guess it has been a while since I did one of these, but WOW, they really =
are a different beast. I can't really even describe how the pitch goes =
all over the place when you try to turn the tuning pin. Flagpoling, =
bending, warping, skewing, stretching, whatever - man, there is just =
something really scwewy with those things. I'll keep my four-letter =
thoughts to myself (but rest assured, I have them - plenty of them!). A =
very frustrating piano to tune.

Terry Farrell

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  Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:56 PM
  Subject: Impact Tuning Hammers


  I should receive a McKaffee (sp?) -type impact tuning hammer from =
Schaff tomorrow. My intention is to use it for tuning a new S&S K52 on =
Friday. And then other verticals with tight tuning pins (all verticals =
maybe?) in the future.

  I bought one a couple years ago and on the first piano I tried to tune =
with it I sheared the threaded portion, that the tuning tip screws onto, =
right off (thanks to an S&S 1098). Naw, those tuning pins weren't tight! =
Does anyone make a hydraulic tuning lever?

  Anyway, I'm going to give the impact lever another try.

  Anyone have much experience with these gizmos? Any technique tips to =
offer?

  Thanks.

  Terry Farrell
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