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<div dir="ltr" align="left">I don't know, Les, your "home-built" hammers had me envisioning a tree branch with a tip...how about a picture?<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/>
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<hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Leslie Bartlett"
<l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net> </l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net><br/>To: "Pianotech List"
<pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 2/21/2008 6:15:48 PM<br/>Subject: RE: CF carbon fiber lever<br/><br/>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span class="613041302-22022008">We have a local who spent years finding the perfect hammer, and tips, and came up with the Jahn with a specially made 2.5 degree head......... I caught him one day at the Steinway store where he works, and asked if he had finally settled on "perfection"....... he wanted to know what I used, and rather shame-faced, I showed him my home-built ones with my 15 degree heads......... His response, "These are really nice."</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span class="613041302-22022008">les bartlett</span></font></div><br/>
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<hr tabindex="-1"/><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>AlliedPianoCraft<br/><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:09 PM<br/><b>To:</b> pianotuner@embarqmail.com; Pianotech List<br/><b>Subject:</b> Re: CF carbon fiber lever<br/></font><br/>
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<div><font face="Arial">I finally gave up my 43 year old tuning hammer and have been using a Jahn top of the line tuning lever for about a year and a half now. It wasn't because I'm frugal, It's just that I never thought about changing it. The stiffness compared to my old hammer made it so much easier to feel and set the pin. Now I reading all this talk about the Fujan and Faulk and how much stiffer they are. Are they $200 to $300 better? and if so, which one is better? It was a big change from my old hammer. Would it be that much of a change again with these?</font></div>
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