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I'll weigh in here....I've been using a prototype like yours, Kent, from<b> Charles Faulk</b>, for about the same amount of time; I had exclusively used his titanium lever for the 3 years prior; I immediately fell even more in love with the carbon lever, and refused to send it back. <g> <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I highly, highly recommend the carbon fiber lever; it's like touching your lover's face with surgical gloves on, rather than the work gloves of normal levers---the pin sensitivity is just off the charts.</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#030303"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#030303"><a href="http://www.faulkpiano.com/CFTuningHammer/">http://www.faulkpiano.com/CFTuningHammer/</a></font></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><div>BTW I also used Dale Erwin's <b>Fujan</b> lever to tune at Disney Hall a couple months ago---and I loved it too. I just think Charlie's tool looks prettier, and I like it a little better....a carbon fiber lever should be your next "big" tool purchase.</div><div>David Andersen</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <br><div><div>On Feb 20, 2008, at 3:26 PM, Kent Swafford wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I've been using a prototype of a new tuning lever since October. It has a 5/8" carbon fiber shaft, a custom handle, and a full-sleeve aluminum head. The lever is long but still light-weight. The tubular head provides for a very stiff overall feel. I wasn't in the market for a new lever, but I ended up asking to purchase the prototype because I liked it so much.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">You can see the production version at:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.faulkpiano.com/CFTuningHammer/">http://www.faulkpiano.com/CFTuningHammer/</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Just a happy customer,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kent Swafford</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br><span><cf.jpg></span><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>