R: Mahaffey lever

[Don]

Hi,

Mike Swendsen can make you one and ship it to you.

mike.swendsen@shaw.wave.ca

He may have access to a scanner and so could send you a picture.

At 11:50 AM 1/23/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello Ken, Norm & Joe
>
>Thanks you very much.
>Now I have  I more defined idea about this tuning lever  even if  I think I
>would need to see it, touch it and work with it to realy understand how it
>works and if it works.
>Do you know if it is  imported to Europe?
>
>Fabrizio Santori
>Piano Consulting
>V.S.Bernardino 16/a
>60041 Sassoferrato An
>Italy
>0348 5114842 office,   0347 5715216 private
>f.santori@fastnet.it
>
>
>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: barre46@ibm.net <barre46@ibm.net>
>A: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Data: sabato 23 gennaio 1999 7.31
>Oggetto: Re: Mahaffey lever
>
>
>>Hello Ken,
>>
>>I'll try to describe how to use the Mahaffey lever for fine tuning. You
>used the
>>term, "flip the lever" and that gave me the idea of how to describe this.
>>
>>Hold the tip firmly on the tuning pin with the heel of your hand and use
>your
>>wrist and fingers to rotate the lever and bump the stop. A hard bump moves
>the
>>pin more than a soft one (obvious). With practice you can move the tuning
>pin in
>>very small increments which results in fine tuning. This very same
>technique
>>will work on grands but it does seem to take more practice.
>>
>>I hope this makes sense
>>
>>Norm Barrett
>>Memphis, TN
>>
>>Ken Burton wrote:
>>
>>>             Fabrizio,
>>>
>>>             This unusual tuning lever is designed so that the whole head
>and
>>> tip can rotate 50 or 60 degrees with a solid stopping mechanism at both
>ends
>>> of the rotation. The handle is often weighted.
>>>             You use the lever by holding the handle at or near the head
>with
>>> the handle pointing upwards (only useable on vertical pianos.) Then, by
>>> twisting your wrist, you flip the handle left or right, causing it to
>bump
>>> against the stops. These impacts cause the tuning pin to turn clockwise
>or
>>> counter-clockwise.
>>>             I have been asking for suggestions about using this type of
>>> lever in fine tuning. However, I have not had many responses and my
>>> impression is still that this lever is an unlikely prospect for fine
>tuning.
>>> I am working on an electric impact tuning lever but the development
>process
>>> is moving very slowly.
>>>                         Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta
>>>                                    kwburton@cadvision.com
>>>
>>> >
>
>
>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts

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