Hi Paul, I realize that I have posted about this before, so those of you who think I am repeating myself... you're right! For me, the Fujan lever represents a quantum leap forward in piano tuning technology, approaching the ETD in this regard. The lightness is great, but the stiffness has been the real revelation in my experience. I had no idea how springy my formers levers were, effectively storing up tension until the pin moved, at which point the stored tension is released. With the Fujan, there seems to be something approaching a 1:1 ratio between movement of the lever at your hand and what happens at the tuning pin end. I feel that I have much more exacting control of what is going on at the pin. AND, because of the substantially better stiffness, it takes less energy to do the job. Now, I am middle aged and have back issues. If I had a Fujan when I first got into this business over thirty years ago, I am fairly certain that my back would be in better condition now. 'Nuff said, Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 1:08 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lever position for hand/Fujan Hello, David, I usually use your first position, butI find myself using at least a half dozen positions with holding the veryend of the hammer for the final touch to bring in unisons. I can'tbring myself, yet, to buy a Fujan, but the more I hear about it, the moreI'm contemplating getting one. We'll see if my budget stays the sameor cut back as our whole campus's budgets are getting the whack. Notsaying my budget is small, like a $300 tuning hammer kind of thing, butI'm analyzing what I may have to expect with upcoming projects. I'd like to hear from other Fujan ownershow they like/love/hate them. I've used the same Hale w/rosewood handlelever for 20+ years, and I guess I'm just comfortable with it and knowhow it behaves. I added a longer tip a couple years ago asmy old one wore out, but after a few tunings, still love it. I gotthe longer one to help with those Mason and Hamlin taller struts/capo barheights. Does an increased angle from the old school standard affectany of you in technique? Best, Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100609/d157d93a/attachment.htm>
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