Hello Joe, Well , I finally got to try out my Stewart PTH hammer today. I am completely blown away with this hammer! The lightest and most rigid hammer I’ve ever used. I used to depend on the pin wind up as well as the flex in my titanium shaft custom tuning hammer to set my pins. Not with the Stewart! No sir ! There seems to be no wind up in the pin and certainly none in the hammer. And that new tip design? Spot on! What a nice gripping fit. This hammer should be called a tuning torque wrench. By the way, the handle was comfortable also. - Daryl Corle P.S. I’ve been tuning since 1996. In my opinion there is NO other hammers that is better than this one. Many years ago I worked for AT&T as a machine and tool designer. You really mastered this hammer design into pure efficiency.
I have been using this hammer for about 2 years. I have found precisely the same conclusions. After trying almost every hammer on the market, this one is the most rigid, light, and aesthetically pleasing by a huge amount. I have had no issues with the black knob on the tail, does not bother me. This hammer in conjunction with the cybertuner program and a striker and my aural experience result in tunings widely praised by the many concert level or even internationally famous pianists for which I tune. I must add, extremely stable , impeccable tunings ( not to blow my own horn too loudly ) No pun intended. Many praises to Mr. Stewart for this design and execution of that design .
I’ve been using this tuning lever for about two years and I love it! I always keep it in the cloth case in my bag. I keep a small Levitan utility lever in case there is a tight spot usually at A0 or C8.
Hello Joe,
Well , I finally got to try out my Stewart PTH hammer today. I am completely blown away with this hammer! The lightest and most rigid hammer I’ve ever used.
I used to depend on the pin wind up as well as the flex in my titanium shaft custom tuning hammer to set my pins. Not with the Stewart! No sir ! There seems to be no wind up in the pin and certainly none in the hammer. And that new tip design? Spot on! What a nice gripping fit.
This hammer should be called a tuning torque wrench.
By the way, the handle was comfortable also.
- Daryl Corle
P.S. I’ve been tuning since 1996. In my opinion there is NO other hammers that is better than this one.
Many years ago I worked for AT&T as a machine and tool designer. You really mastered this hammer design into pure efficiency.
I have been using this hammer for about 2 years. I have found precisely the same conclusions. After trying almost every hammer on the market, this one is the most rigid, light, and aesthetically pleasing by a huge amount. I have had no issues with the black knob on the tail, does not bother me. This hammer in conjunction with the cybertuner program and a striker and my aural experience result in tunings widely praised by the many concert level or even internationally famous pianists for which I tune. I must add, extremely stable , impeccable tunings ( not to blow my own horn too loudly ) No pun intended. Many praises to Mr. Stewart for this design and execution of that design .
I’ve been using this tuning lever for about two years and I love it! I always keep it in the cloth case in my bag. I keep a small Levitan utility lever in case there is a tight spot usually at A0 or C8.
I’d love to see video of this lever in action; tuning with this lever