<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV>I like the Jahn (rhymes with Yawn)  ball end extension: The heads are reversable so you can be closer or farther from the pins; the threads on the tips and heads are long and cylindrical instead of shortish and tapered so they are very secure, unlikely to cross-thread, etc., and do not become hopelessly tight on the head. Plus it has mass and stiffness. The only thing I'd change is that it isn't quite as long as I like for leverage and control, so I usually extend it a couple of inches. See your neighborhood Pianotek dealor.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Hopelessly lost but making excellent time, in or near Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotune05@comcast.net href="mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net">pianotune05</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 06/27/2006 9:34:21 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: NEWOCTAVE GLOBAL Tuning hammers....</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Don't forget that the Schaff lever is a good one. the 21c I believe.  It allows one to make small nothces and when putting unisons in it's great. A little tap or two on the handle and the sweet spot as some call it is in.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>ps. Im sure there are other good levers out ther which I'd like to try. Don't forget Joe Goss's lever is a good one too.  It's well built.</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>