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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MY scanner has stopped scanning. =
Send me your
snail mail address and I will mail you a pic of two of my
prototypes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>James Grebe<BR>Piano Tuner-Technician<BR>Established =
1962<BR>Artisan of
Wooden Artifacts such as:<BR>Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups<BR>Handsome =
Hardwood
Piano Benches<BR>Handsome Hardwood Tuning Levers<BR>314 =
845-8282<BR>1526
Raspberry Lane<BR>Arnold, MO 63010<BR></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ddurand2@kc.rr.com =
href="mailto:ddurand2@kc.rr.com">DTuner</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 09, =
2003 10:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tuning =
Levers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For my technical on tuning levers =
next week I'm
planing on taking my laptop.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can show pictures of some newly =
designed tuning
levers to the other members.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If anyone has any pictures they could =
send me by
e-mail</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will be glad to show =
them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:ddurand@kc.rr.com">ddurand@kc.rr.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have some good pictures of the Juan =
tuning
lever now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daryl Durand, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianoman@accessus.net =
href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">James
Grebe</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 09, =
2003 3:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Tuning =
Levers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>James Grebe<BR>Piano Tuner-Technician</DIV>
<DIV><A
=
href="mailto:pianoman@accessus.net">pianoman@accessus.net</A><BR>Establ=
ished
1962<BR>Artisan of Wooden Artifacts such as:<BR>Handsome Hardwood =
Caster
Cups<BR>Handsome Hardwood Piano Benches<BR>Handsome Hardwood =
Tuning
Levers<BR>314 845-8282<BR>1526 Raspberry Lane<BR>Arnold, MO =
63010<BR></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jurjens@tpg.com.au =
href="mailto:jurjens@tpg.com.au">Scott &
Jason Jackson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">PianoTech mailing list</A> ; <A
title=ddurand2@kc.rr.com =
href="mailto:ddurand2@kc.rr.com">DTuner</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January =
08, 2003
1:01 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Juan Tuning =
Lever</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daryl,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have you read this report by
Michael Musial about a Jahn hammer?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In regards to this an all other =
extension
hammers. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> A few years =
ago I attended
the class of Charles Faulk and his designing of the titanium =
tuning
lever.. I purposely did not save his class notes so I could =
go
through the same adventure of trial and error. However he =
was my
inspiration to go down this particular road. It inspired me =
to work
on my own along the same path. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> All =
extension levers
have the same charactieristic. The compression fitting is at =
the
business end of the steel or whatever material is used. No =
matter
how long the shaft extends into the handle it is effectively =
rendered
useless as the flex begins right at the compression =
fitting.
To me the logical solution for this is to make the lever not
adjustable. I have designed mine to fit as far into the =
handle as
possible. The more shaft and the more solidly it contacts =
the inside
of the handle the more positive the hammer is going to feel. =
I have
chosen to use Schaff's lever shafts which accepts a variety of =
tuning
heads. In the hammers I have made, I have used not extremely =
heavy
exotic woods on the bulk of the handle but attached a larger =
piece
of denser wood to the end so a ball like end is able to =
be
turned. The handle is also not just uniformly round but =
shaped more
to fit the contour of your partailly closed hand gripping =
it. This
way it gives you a choice of grips. 1. Along the handle and =
close to
where the shaft comes out of the handle or 2. at the ball =
end and
because of the extra weight of the denser hardwood it sort of acts =
like an
impact type feel giving you a little more ooomph on moving tight
pins. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> On the matter =
of the
threads of the shaft I believe that Schaff plates the shaft after =
the
threads are cut which can leave them sort of rough. Finally =
the
tuning head will cut through the plating and then the tips can be =
put on
and took off easily. I was always one to prefer a light =
hammer as I
felt it allowed me to fel more what the pin was doing or not =
doing..
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Whatver kind =
of hammer you
get, it also needs to be gotten comfortable with through use every =
day on
all kinds of pianos.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just my opinion.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
=
href="http://www.neesium.com/piano/jahn/">http://www.neesium.com/piano/=
jahn/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scott Jackson<BR>Jurjens =
Pianos<BR>Wollongong
Australia</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ddurand2@kc.rr.com =
href="mailto:ddurand2@kc.rr.com">DTuner</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 6 January =
2003
4:44</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Juan Tuning =
Lever</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know where I can =
get info on
the Juan Tuning Lever</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will be doing a technical at =
a PTG
meeting this month about different types of tuning =
levers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daryl Durand,
=
RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BOD=
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