Tuning Lever for a Beginner

[Michelle Smith]

Consider the Charles Faulk hammer as well.  I practiced with a student
hammer for about 4 months and then purchased the Faulk.  Love it!

Michelle Smith
Bastrop, Texas


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Purney
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:40 AM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: Tuning Lever for a Beginner

I just joined the list, and I've been going through some of the 
archives. I'm a pianist, but I've never done any tuning yet. My first 
training session is this Friday, and I will have the good fortune of 
being mentored by Jim Coleman, Sr.

To me, it seems silly for a complete novice to go out and buy an 
expensive tuning lever. It's likely I'll eventually get a Fujan, but I'm 
looking for some advice on what to do right now. I was thinking about 
just buying a cheap Fisher Price lever on ebay to start with, and then 
spend more money once I'm further along.

The other idea is to buy a "good" lever now, and a "great" lever later, 
perhaps at two different head angles, so that I will have a good backup 
for situations that call for a different angle. I just want to make wise 
decisions in how I spend my tool budget. I'm not opposed to buying a 
Fujan right now, but that seems kind of like buying a Fazioli for your 
kid before he's even started taking piano lessons (maybe I'm 
exaggerating a just a little).