<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>"To me, it seems silly for a complete novice to go out and buy an </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>expensive tuning lever. It's likely I'll eventually get a Fujan, but I'm </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>looking for some advice on what to do right now. I was thinking about </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>just buying a cheap Fisher Price lever on ebay to start with, and then </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>spend more money once I'm further along."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>The best Advice I can give you is: Never Buy A Cheap Tool!! However, you don't need a Mazarati for Commuting.<G> I suggest a moderate priced Tuning Lever from Piano Tech or Schaff. The cheap ones will drive you nuts, take my word on that. A prime example of Cheap vs Other: All through Grade School/High School I had an adequate Cornet. It served me well, so I thought, (I was second chair). In my Senior year, the first chair had been gifted a Selmer Paris Trumpet. We were playing duets and I conned her into letting me try her horn. The moment I played that Instrument, the light went on! I had better tone. I could play faster. I could play higher and lower. I was a better player because of that horn!<G> I conned my Mom into buying me one, shortly after that incident.<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Happy learning,</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain of the Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>