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<div>(My first Faulk titanium lever had an ebony handle that was beautiful, but alas, it split out and had to be replaced.)</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"/>Yikes...don't say that. any idea on how/why it split? Mine is ebony also...<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></div>
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<hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Kent Swafford"
<kswafford@gmail.com> </kswafford@gmail.com><br/>To: "Pianotech List"
<pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 2/20/2008 7:13:45 PM<br/>Subject: Re: CF carbon fiber lever<br/><br/>
<div align="left">The carbon fiber shaft is about the same stiffness as titanium, but is lighter.</div>
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<div>The head is cool. Note that the production head is smaller diameter than that of the prototype in the picture I sent. The advantage of the head is that its tubular configuration provides a stiffer coupling of handle to tip. Actually, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Charles were to consider adapting the aluminum head for his titanium levers as well.</div>
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<div>(My first Faulk titanium lever had an ebony handle that was beautiful, but alas, it split out and had to be replaced.)</div>
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<div>Kent</div>
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<div>On Feb 20, 2008, at 8:46 PM, Jurgen Goering wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"/>
<blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="word-spacing: 0px; font: 12px Helvetica; text-transform: none; color: rgb(0,0,0); text-indent: 0px; white-space: normal; letter-spacing: normal; border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0">I am planning to get Charles to make me a custom tuning lever using some ebony I have. I was just thinking of getting his standard (up to now) titanium shaft. Do you think the carbon shaft is that much superior? The head on the carbon tool seems a bit big and bulky (it is a lot bigger than on the titanium shaft) - does that interfere with sight lines when moving the tool for pin to pin?<br/><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br/>Jurgen Goering<br/></span></span></blockquote>
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