Tuning levers

[Greg Newell]

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Tom and interested readers,
         I'm not sure all that's being said about various levers, 
specifically titanium vs. extension, is worthy of direct comparison. I have 
been looking into this recently and have asked the opinion of the lists and 
many favor the new titanium levers because of rigidity. What is not being 
said about them is that they are significantly shorter! When one purchases 
and uses an extension lever it is only natural to extend it, no? When you 
do there is likely to be some flex as there are now 2 pieces not one. In my 
mind the decision is not so much the material used for the shank but rather 
how much leverage one desires against the pin. FWIW I tried tuning for a 
day with my old rosewood handled extension lever UN-extended. I really 
didn't like it at all. I felt that that was more of a comparison so I chose 
to purchase a Watanabe yesterday and will await it's arrival. Also, I'd 
like to add that a deciding factor for me was the quality of the tips. Of 
the 2 or 3 Titanium levers available they all seemed to use Schaff tips. 
Not for Me!

Greg Newell



At 09:26 AM 12/5/2002, you wrote:


>In a message dated 12/5/02 9:06:29 AM, rsnelson@bwsys.net writes:
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><< However I'd like to hear
>
>from
>
> > >other techs and hear if flexation has ever been a problem while tuning
>
> > >(other than with extension hammers). >>
>
>I never felt that flexation was a problem.  But now that I've experienced a
>clearly more rigid tool I recognize that there was some flexing going on with
>my old lever.  (which was an extension hammer, BTW)
>
>Perhaps as suggested titanium is NOT more rigid, but the design of this lever
>is such that the metal is basically a cone shape, so that it gets wider as it
>gets to the wooden handle.  Maybe that's why it's more rigid than my old
>lever--it's actually thicker. (but lighter!)
>
>Tom S
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Greg Newell
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