Tuning Lever for a Beginner

[William Benjamin]

You can only do as good of work as the tools that you have to work with.   

William

PIANO BOUTIQUE
William Benjamin
Piano Tuner Extraordinaire
www.pianoboutique.biz
The tuner alone,
preserves the tone.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Purney
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 11:40 AM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: Tuning Lever for a Beginner

I just joined the list, and I've been going through some of the 
archives. I'm a pianist, but I've never done any tuning yet. My first 
training session is this Friday, and I will have the good fortune of 
being mentored by Jim Coleman, Sr.

To me, it seems silly for a complete novice to go out and buy an 
expensive tuning lever. It's likely I'll eventually get a Fujan, but I'm 
looking for some advice on what to do right now. I was thinking about 
just buying a cheap Fisher Price lever on ebay to start with, and then 
spend more money once I'm further along.

The other idea is to buy a "good" lever now, and a "great" lever later, 
perhaps at two different head angles, so that I will have a good backup 
for situations that call for a different angle. I just want to make wise 
decisions in how I spend my tool budget. I'm not opposed to buying a 
Fujan right now, but that seems kind of like buying a Fazioli for your 
kid before he's even started taking piano lessons (maybe I'm 
exaggerating a just a little).