<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Re: Tuning Tip Threads</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <style> </style> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; webkit-nbsp-mode: space; webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div align="left">Terry, </div> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="left">You've already have the Bowman hammer.  You should give the Fujan a try...I'm thinking of it myself...<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/></div> <div align="left"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> </mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com><br/>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 4/10/2008 5:42:27 AM<br/>Subject: Re: Tuning Tip Threads<br/><br/> <div align="left"><font face="Arial">But the Faulk has a relatively thin (and short) carbon fiber shaft. Wouldn't the Fujan lever be more stiff - and hence facilitate a "better feel"?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Terry Farrell</font></div> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left: #000000 2px solid; margin-right: 0px"> <div style="font: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="background: #e4e4e4; font: 10pt arial; font-color: black">Maestro Farrell---my super-agressive recommendation would be the Faulk carbon shaft: cherry wood ball handle, aircraft aluminum coupler, Jahn #2 tip....mmmmmmmmmmmm.</div> <div>xoDA</div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font><br/> <div> <div> <div>On Apr 9, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Farrell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"/> <blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="word-spacing: 0px; font: 16px 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"> <div><font face="Arial">Maybe its time to retire my Keith Bowman titanium shafted lever. (Boooo-hoo-hoooooo.....:-()</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Among carbon fiber tuning levers, it seems these three are available:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Faulk</font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Fujan</font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Gluzman lever <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.tuningpindriver.com/">http://www.tuningpindriver.com/</a></font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Also, I can choose from Watanabe, Hale and Jahn tips/extensions.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Anyone care to give an opinion on either or both these - I know I can likely find stuff on the levers in the archives, but I don't recall seeing much on tips.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Thanks</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial">Terry Farrell</font></div></span> </blockquote> </div><br/> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>