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<DIV><FONT size=2>You may be thinking of Michael Calahan's titanium lever?
I have the same, and its balance is also a big feature for me, right at the
mid-point of the lever. The ones that are tip-heavy are tiring for me, and
hard to move from pin-to-pin on grands.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net">Tom
Sivak</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> Saturday, July 15, 2006 7:16
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Fujan lever/lightweight
tuning levers</DIV>
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<DIV>I have a McLanahan (I think...?...I can never remember the Irish name)
lever that I bought at the national institute 3 years ago in Chicago.
It's not light, but so well-balanced that I feel the same way: it's easier to
move from pin to pin because all the weight is in the handle. My cheapie
antique lever is the same, though...being a light-weight hammer it's also
easier to move from pin to pin than my Schaff.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm not posing any of this as anti-Fujan propaganda. I fully intend
to, at some point, try out the Fujan. And I fully expect to like
it. That's why I'm not trying it out now. I don't have $180 to
spend right now. (I don't know about your area, but July 4th is the
bottom of the cycle here in Chicago. Peaks at Christmas time, wanes till
July 4th.)</DIV>
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