<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI, next month's Journal Q&A features an interview with Steve Fujan and a discussion of his carbon-fiber lever.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>John R. Granholm, RPT</DIV><DIV>Registered Member, Piano Technicians Guild</DIV><DIV>Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:jtuner@qwest.net">jtuner@qwest.net</A></DIV><DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 13, 2007, at 8:26 AM, Kent Swafford wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">I wasn't tempted by the original Fujan aluminum lever, but the new model with the carbon-fiber tube is a much improved beast. The diameter of the carbon-fiber tube is somewhat smaller than the aluminum, and note the new smooth, flush shape where the ball meets the tube. Add the new 20 degree head and an old Hale tip and this thing performs beautifully.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">The photo shows a new Fujan with a Faulk titanium lever, both with 20 degree heads and Hale tips. I still use the Faulk as well, but the longer Fujan has greater leverage, is probably stiffer, _and_ it weighs less than the Faulk. The Faulk weighs 9.3 oz. and the Fujan weighs 8.6 oz.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Great tools, both,</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">Kent</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Helvetica; min-height: 19.0px"><BR></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></SPAN><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>