<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A colleague (good friend and = competitor) who's not on the list uses one, but I'm not sure of the model. He says he has = found relief in the upper back and shoulders. He's been using it now for probably a = year and isn't going back to a straight hammer for verticals.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pdtek@home.com" title=pdtek@home.com>Dave = Bunch</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 24, 2001 = 10:26 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Impact Lever</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I was thinking of trying an impact tuning lever. I = have chronic pain in my neck, shoulder, elbow, numbness in my fingers, = etc., etc. I've heard that these things can be helpful.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I see two in my catalogs. One is from Schaff with = the adjustable weight and the other is a Mehaffey from Pianotek. = Does anyone have any opinons on which is the best, or neither of the above? = Any input is appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>