The discussion of the new CF carbon fiber levers brings to mind a subject that I cannot remember seeing on pianotech. How long of a tuning lever works best for your basic tuning technique? A couple of years ago I gave a technical session for our chapter called "If I had The Hammer". It was a survey of the numerous tuning levers that can be purchased today as well as modifications that can be made. One observation I made is one that you, with your input to the list, can help us all understand better. I believe that tuners who use a smooth hammer technique prefer a longer lever and that tuners who use a jerk or impact technique benefit from a shorter lever. I have been using a jerk or impact technique for at least twenty five years now. I have gone through many tuning levers. I started with the long extension lever at 11 1/2 inches, but quickly changed to the shorter 10 inch one. The first Fujan lever I tried, in his early days, felt to me like walking on stilts. It might have been 15 inches long or longer, but I'm not sure about that. I currently use a Charles Falk lever that is 8 3/4 inches long and it has worked great for me for several years or more. But I think that's because I'm a jerk. I had a Jahn Pear handle hammer for a while. It was a nice light weight, but at 11 inches overall, it was just too long for me. I gave it to Robert Guenther, a CTE for our chapter, to try and he bought it from me. It has been his main lever for at least a couple of years now. Robert is a smoothie. That is, he uses a smooth or steady pull technique to tune. Most of you know if you are jerks or smoothies. What length tuning lever works best for your technique? Bruce Dornfeld, RPT Jerk Tuner bdornfeld at earthlink.net North Shore Chapter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080222/5e449aad/attachment.html
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