<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Matthew,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Like Andre, I only use the yamaha = tuning lever.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The weight is excellent, and as andre = says, there are no moving parts so it can't take some wear after a long time using it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>During my first years of tuning, I used = a german hammer (Meyne), thinking that it was a good one, but after 3 years, it = had some much "clicking" in the hammer (although it had an hexagonal shift) that = I left it for the yamaha one.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I began, I could have bought 2 = yamaha hammers for the price of one german hammer, that's too bad I didn't buy it since = the beginning.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the Yam hammer is not so expensive and = is excellent.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bye,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>