I'm not "in" on this discussion, but I have made my own hammers out of a Schaff rod with a bit of stainless welded to the end, and they are light and plenty stiff. There's a local tech who uses the Jahn exclusively and has sung its praises while cursing the 15-degree head. I caught him one day and showed him the junk I use, so he wanted to try it. "Wow," said he. "That feels really nice." The guy has a masters in piano performance, and is the best tech at the biggest store in town. So, there are working alternatives to the very expensive hammers. I think I have about $20 dollars in mine, including the $1.95 ball on the end. I carry two of them, plus one of the "midget" extension things, and go back and forth, using often all three in a single tuning. When working a difficult tuning my brain and arms go a bit more nuts than usual and I need the change which the switch off brings. les bartlett David Andersen wrote: > Agree 100%, Kent, with everything below. Except I haven't owned a > Fujan, just used one for 6 tunings, and I own one Faulk titanium, not > three. > David Andersen > > > On Aug 23, 2008, at 4:39 PM, Kent Swafford wrote: > >> I don't see the problem with discussing personal preferences. What >> else is there to discuss? >> >> >> For one thing, I don't believe that it has been objectively >> established that the stiffest lever = best lever. There are other >> factors, after all. >> >> >> I have a Fujan, 3 titanium Faulk levers that I accumulated while >> trying to find a comfortable handle, and I have a Charles Faulk >> carbon fiber lever. >> >> >> I use the Faulk carbon fiber lever to the exclusion of the others. >> The Faulk carbon fiber is very stiff, has the most comfortable handle >> of any lever I have ever used, and costs 2/3 or so of what a Fujan costs. >> >> >> Kent >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080823/4d1cce1b/attachment.html
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