<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in = 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: = "Times New Roman" } SPAN.EmailStyle18 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" vLink=blue link=blue bgColor=white> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nope, well before they were marketing = any type of impact lever. His class described a number of modifications he = recommended to make to the Mahaffey-type impact lever (his opinion was that the = Mahaffey-type was the best starting point). I seem to remember that some of the recommended changes included shortening the shaft length, = decreasing the weight size, and adding padding - pretty much what his new levers look like.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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"><B>From:</B> <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 19, = 2005 11:16 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Impact LEVERS, = was: Impact hammers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P><BR>Gee, I wonder why Mitch would criticize that = lever...?   Was this after Reyburn's Cyberhammer came out by any chance?</P> <P>David I.<BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: Farrell <MFARREL2@TAMPABAY.RR.COM><BR>To: = Pianotech <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 9/19/2005 3:18:04 AM<BR>Subject: Re: = Impact LEVERS, was: Impact hammers<BR><BR> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Schaff sells exactly = that - the Otto Keys impact lever (yes, they advertise it as a lever!). I remember = that Mitch Keil (sp?) of Cybertuner fame offered significant criticism of that = lever in his convention class on impact levers. I don't remember exactly what = the criticism was though.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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"><BR> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Why not = just design an impact hammer in which the weight can be moved up or down the = shaft depending on the amount of force required for a particular piano or = level of fine tuning.  Since you grip the hammer at the head it = shouldn’t matter.  Maybe someone has already, I haven’t really looked = at them all.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy">David = Love</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML= >