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On 25/05/2020 21:56, bill w wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:mailman.0.1590440210.2075.extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">OK OK, before I get
any more answers, all of which were lovely and inspirational,
here is the answer:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">TADA TADA TADA!!!</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans
ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">The gadget used to
tune strings on a piano is called a tuning hammer for some
reason hidden from me.</div>
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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.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Ben Zaiboc</pre>
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