<html><body> <DIV>Hi Mark,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yes, I have a tip extension, too, and have used it to clear the plate and the rest of the piano in the high treble on grands when I've had no choice (grand lid loaded with debris, grand pianos in a studio placed right next to each other), but I I'm not crazy about the feel of it. I prefer to tune the high treble standing at the side of the piano with the handle pointed in. When you need a thin-wall tip, nothing else will do--that is, nothing else will do very easily.  Since one wouldn't want to use a thin-wall tip all the time (don't want to stress it), I just use it for those tuning pins that are too close together (for which it's made), or for that one grand where my Fujan doesn't fit on A0 where there is a too-small cut-out below the music desk glide.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV> <DIV>near Peoria, IL</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Mark Schecter <mark@schecterpiano.com> <BR><BR>> Hi, Barbara, <BR>> <BR>> I like that idea, but due to the weight, I like Mike Kurta's below even <BR>> better (extension tip). However, I do keep an extra tuning kit in the <BR>> glove compartment for emergencies like theft, or brain fade. :-) <BR>> <BR>> -Mark <BR>> <BR>> Barbara Richmond wrote: <BR>> > Hi Mark, <BR>> > <BR>> > I tune a splendid Lester Grand fairly regularly for a church. My Fujan <BR>> > won't fit on A0--that's when I I pull out my ol' special-needs tuning <BR>> > hammer which sports a 15 degree head and thin-wall tip. <BR>> > </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>