Tuning Square Grands/Tuning Hammer - In theory

[Matt Wynne]

At 11:23 AM 7/1/02 -0700, Joe wrote:
>. The longer the lever the greater the mechanical
>leverage AND the lesser is the accuracy!

Hmm...Joe, wouldn't be the other way around?  Wouldn't it be greater accuracy?

Let's view a tuning lever as the radius of a circle, and your hand is at a 
point on the circumference of the circle.

On a normal tuning lever where the radius is 12 inches or so, you may have 
to move your hand, say, 1/4 inch along the circumference of that circle to 
raise a note, say, 2 cents.

When you switch to a longer tuning lever, the circumference is enlarged.

To raise the same note the same 2 cents will require more distance, let's 
say for the sake of argument: 1/2 inch.

Therefore, if  the original 1/4 inch of motion will now raise the note 1 
cent instead of 2, wouldn't you consider that a gain in accuracy?

Food for thought.
-Matt