T Hammer or Tuning Lever Poll?

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T Hammer or Tuning Lever Poll?

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Received an unusual email asking some advice about tuning a Knight upright..
scenario.... pins very tight/ unable to be turned with BOTH hands / kept in a cold church.
uses a T hammer (and swears by it)....

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Swears BY it or ABOUT it?
I play for my own amazement... :piano;
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by it
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Post by vernon »

T hammers were for a different age. The clue is in the "hammer" bit. Try knocking in a pin with it nowadays.
My dad,granddad and uncles all used T hammers up to the War. When new modern pianos started to creep in after. they all surreptitiously bought a lever.
What an advance the star head was
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We had to use them at college if tuning an over damper. I still have a few in the workshop but would never dream to use one on a knight I would not like to tune a modern piano with my old Steinway leaver never mind a T

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