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Offline gtarmkr

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Strange T Handle Tool What Is It?
« on: October 16, 2012, 03:40:53 PM »
I got another strange one I cant figure out. My research says it might be a Piano Tuner? Or maybe a Black Powder gun Bullet Starter? It has a strange handle with a brass tip on one end.  It has a square drive at the end that is about 1/4" wide. No name on it. It measures 4-1/4" wide x 3-1/2" long. What is this thing?

Offline BruceS

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Re: Strange T Handle Tool What Is It?
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2012, 04:59:30 PM »
Piano tuner maybe but the handle is lacking a bit of leverage.    I'm thinking smaller stringed instrument like a small spinet piano or harp.

Offline john k

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Re: Strange T Handle Tool What Is It?
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2012, 08:39:28 PM »
Mortician tool for locking the casket lid for the last time?  I know sometimes they had a small brace type tool for that. 
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Re: Strange T Handle Tool What Is It?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2012, 11:11:14 PM »
I'd vote for a tuning hammer for a piano - the brass end might have held a tuft of felt. 

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Re: Strange T Handle Tool What Is It?
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2012, 12:23:54 PM »
I also go for piano tuning hammer...

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Re: Strange T Handle Tool What Is It?
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2012, 01:50:14 PM »
There is a similar hammer/wrench shown on page 5 of the approx.  1900 Hammacher  Schlemmer Co. catalogue no. 142, Piano, Organ, and Violin Tools.  It has a brass ferrule on one end of the handle with a felt pad.