Does anyone use the Schaff tuning lever anymore? Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery" <avery1 at houston.rr.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:34 PM Subject: Re: NEWOCTAVE GLOBAL Tuning hammers.... > Steve, > > I've "been there, done that", as they say. It's sometimes amazing how > much money one sometimes spends > trying to "save" money when it would be much better to just save up > and get the good stuff to start > with! :-) > > Avery Todd > University of Houston > > At 05:03 PM 6/28/2006, you wrote: >>I bought one of these tuning hammers a couple of months ago and paid >>about $75 for it. :-[ (Blush) It's better than the "student" >>hammer I replaced. It is pretty rigid if you don't extend it. But it >>feels like it was built by the Russian military. It lacks good fit >>and finish. The coarse threaded chuck is hard to work and sticks >>badly. But that doesn't really matter because the extension isn't >>rigid enough so I use it fully collapsed. I wish I'd passed it by >>and saved up for a fine lever. >> >>Steve Brooks >>Rookie tuner >> >>-- >>"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect >>savings from confiscation through inflation." - Alan Greenspan, 1966 >
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