Fujan lever/lightweight tuning levers

[Tom Sivak]

I have a McLanahan (I think...?...I can never remember the Irish name) lever that I bought at the national institute 3 years ago in Chicago.  It's not light, but so well-balanced that I feel the same way: it's easier to move from pin to pin because all the weight is in the handle.  My cheapie antique lever is the same, though...being a light-weight hammer it's also easier to move from pin to pin than my Schaff.
   
  I'm not posing any of this as anti-Fujan propaganda.  I fully intend to, at some point, try out the Fujan.  And I fully expect to like it.  That's why I'm not trying it out now.  I don't have $180 to spend right now.  (I don't know about your area, but July 4th is the bottom of the cycle here in Chicago.  Peaks at Christmas time, wanes till July 4th.)
   
  Tom

"John M. Formsma" <john at formsmapiano.com> wrote:
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  I have yet to do a large pitch raise, but I don’t foresee it as a problem.  The other day I did a PR of 5-8 cents. From strip muting to pitch raise to strip muting for the fine tuning took 16 minutes. I don’t think a PR of 50 cents would have taken much longer, if any. I was using the shortest tube, making the total lever length 10.5 inches.
   
  The lever is so light that it speeds up moving from pin to pin. Try it
you’ll like it. ;-)
   
  JF 
   
        
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  From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sivak
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 6:50 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: RE: Fujan lever/lightweight tuning levers

   
    John,

     

    Let me ask you this: how do you like the Fujan for a big ol' pitch raise?  Without changing to the longer tube, do you find it to be more work than with a traditional lever?

Tom

"John M. Formsma" <john at formsmapiano.com> wrote:




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