CF Tuning Lever

[Farrell]

Phil - thanks for sharing. Sounds like you like it!  ;-)  Have you had the 
chance to try the Fujan CF lever also? Curious how they might compare.

http://www.fujanproducts.com/buildtube.php?PHPSESSID=d8c8342d5fd2eda1282c18f2095b7f60

Next convention I go to I'll have to give these fancy new high-tech gizmos a 
try.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
> I would have never believed it if I didn't experience it for myself...
>
> Today was my first day with a new Carbon Fiber tuning lever from Charles 
> Faulk. A good one word answer to how I feel about it: wow.
>
> I pulled it out of the box this morning - first tuning was a Baldwin 
> Vertical that hasn't been tuned since before Charles was making 
> Titanium(yes, I own one)..once I got past how light the lever is, and how 
> effortless it moves even these tight tuning pins, it was almost business 
> as usual...why almost?
>
> Because the most revealing feature of a lever this light and this stiff is 
> how easily the pins now set. That little bit of 'meow' that we all do 
> battle with when setting pins was a breeze. I'm not sure exactly why it 
> was so easy..but I did notice that I was using more of my torso to tune 
> than the arm and shoulder area.
>
> The next piano was a beauty - Yamaha CFlll. My experience with this 
> particular piano is one of fun and very easy to tune. This lever acted 
> like butter on a hot skillet with these pins.
>
> I still can't get over how quickly and effortlessly this lever moves pins. 
> If you go to his site:
>
> http://www.faulkpiano.com/CFTuningHammer/
>
> the one he sent me looks an awful lot like CF1..and if it is, you will be 
> signing this tuning lever in Anaheim, Mr. Faulk. I remember asking you 
> about CF when you were first experimenting with it..asking for a sample to 
> try. You said you weren't ready. It was worth the wait.
>
>  I am immensely impressed. That's not something I say often.
>
> -Phil Bondi(Fl)
>