NEWOCTAVE GLOBAL Tuning hammers....

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I have to make a correction to my original post. It came to my attention 
that I do not have
a New Octave Global hammer. I have an extension hammer that came from 
Vandaking. Sorry for the
mistake - I ordereda bunch of stuff at one time and was confused about what 
came from where.
My opinion on the steel extension hammers (excepting any that don't flex 
like the one I have) still stands.
 My preference is for a very stiff lever.When the budget supports it, I am 
sure my kit will have
quite a collection of hammers. Someday I want to try an impact lever, too.

For those that use the Fujan lever, what setup (head angle, tip length) do 
you use to tune grands? Right now I am using the 5 degree head, and was 
wondering if I will need something different when I evetually get to put a 
lever on a grand. Thanks!

Sara Nash
Student

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell at ameritech.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: NEWOCTAVE GLOBAL Tuning hammers....


> Sara,
>         I concur completely. You could actually have mine, .... i.e. if 
> you could pry it out of my cold dead fingers. But then you'd probably 
> still be unsuccessful. :-)
>
> Greg Newell
>
>
> At 08:37 AM 6/27/2006, you wrote:
>>I'll second the recommendation for Steve Fujan's levers. >>I also have one 
>>of those New Octave Global hammers - I consider it and the Randy Potter
>>apprentice lever to be emergency equipment. The flex in the steel really 
>>bothers me.
>>
>>Sara Nash
>>student
>
> Greg Newell
> Greg's Piano Forté
> mailto:gnewell at ameritech.net
> www.gregspianoforte.com
>
>