Ryan, I intended to respond to this earlier -- oops. Gosh, I must not have been awake when I wrote that. Clearly the Levitan lever was designed to avoid needing to change HEADS and not tips. Sorry, *my* head obviously wasn't working. :-) Perhaps I'm just plain lazy, but I use a Watanabe #2 tip on my Fujan lever for all pianos. It works well enough for all that I don't personally see the need for changing tips. I can see the potential or theoretical benefit from a better fit on a tuning pin. But ... I don't know if chasing around the *best* fit and changing tips that often would work for me. I suppose I've learned to compensate. That being said, I do prefer a Jahn tip to a Watanabe, and particularly a #3 for most pianos. However, since it doesn't fit on the Fujan without making a custom-machined part, I just git-r-done with the Watanabe. Not saying my head is working today either, but there you have it. :-) -- JF On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: > How could one tip fit all? I find I like a #1 tip for most older uprights > and some Steinways. A number 2 works for most pianos, and I like to have a > number 3 for pianos that have been restrung with oversize pins. Sometimes I > like the number 3 for pitch raises because it goes on the pins more quickly. > > > When I first started out I used a #2 tip for everything. About 10 years ago > I started getting pickier about the fit of the tip on the pin. Especially > with the Levitan lever. The extra rigidity gives great feedback making the > fit seem even more noticeable. > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:32 AM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Great thinking, Ryan. >> >> I was under the impression that the Levitan lever was designed to work on >> most any piano without the need to change tips. For which piano(s) are you >> needing to change tips, and why? >> >> A 15º head with the extension on my Fujan works with every piano I tune >> regularly. Before, I was using a 5º with extension, and it didn't work on a >> few. There are two pianos I tune that need the thin-wall tip. I keep an old >> Hale with that tip in the trunk. When I need it, it's always there, and I >> don't have to worry about fiddling with changing tips. >> >> -- >> JF >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100408/046201aa/attachment.htm>
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