[ExI] trivia quiz

[Ben]

On 25/05/2020 21:56, bill w wrote:
> OK OK, before I get any more answers, all of which were lovely and 
> inspirational, here is the answer:
> TADA TADA TADA!!!
> The gadget used to tune strings on a piano is called a tuning hammer 
> for some reason hidden from me.

I think a tuning hammer is so called because it looks (vaguely) like a 
hammer. The handle is perpendicular to the axis of rotation, not in line 
with it, so you don't twist it with your wrist, you pull it sideways. 
More control over small increments of tension on the string that way, 
which is necessary to tune a piano.

-- 
Ben Zaiboc

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