<div dir="ltr">Les, I have a Fujan and like it quite well. However, I also have a homemade lever made with a Jahn 5º head. For some applications, it works better than the Fujan. Particularly, with the jerk or impact method of tuning. I prefer the Fujan when I'm doing a smooth pull method. And it feels to me that the extra mass of my homemade lever does better with the impact method (not to mention that it would also <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">scientifically</span> calculate to less effort with that method).<div>
<br></div><div>I'm theorizing that the lighter levers might be preferred by the primarily smooth pull tuners. Which leads me to ask other Fujan users: Are any of you fellow finicky feisty foppish Fujan aficionados mainly smooth pull tuners? Or, do some of you primarily use the impact method with the Fujan?</div>
<div><br><div>-- <br>JF<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Leslie Bartlett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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I'm not "in" on this discussion, but I have made my own hammers out of
a Schaff rod with a bit of stainless welded to the end, and they are
light and plenty stiff. There's a local tech who uses the Jahn
exclusively and has sung its praises while cursing the 15-degree head.
I caught him one day and showed him the junk I use, so he wanted to try
it. "Wow," said he. "That feels really nice." The guy has a masters in
piano performance, and is the best tech at the biggest store in town.
So, there are working alternatives to the very expensive hammers. I
think I have about $20 dollars in mine, including the $1.95 ball on the
end. I carry two of them, plus one of the "midget" extension things,
and go back and forth, using often all three in a single tuning. When
working a difficult tuning my brain and arms go a bit more nuts than
usual and I need the change which the switch off brings.<br>
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