I consider myself a jerk, but have at time smoothed things over with myself. I started using?Charle's 10" lever a year and a half ago, and love it. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Honolulu, HI Author of The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Dornfeld <bdornfeld at earthlink.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 6:55 pm Subject: Tuning lever length 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 t! o 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 ? ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080223/d225ba96/attachment.html
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