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<DIV>I posted that there are modifications available, but it would take =
me days
to find the info (haven't seen my old convention stuff since I moved my =
office).
Mitch is the person to talk to - unless someone else attended his class =
and has
the handout. It basically involves installing a golf club grip and =
cushion where
without it, the rotating shaft grinds a small hole in the palm of your =
hand, and
putting a larger weight closer to the center of rotation (but =
unfortunately I
don't remember details of how much weight and how far from the rotation =
center -
he gave specific recommendations but also said that you may want to =
experiment
to find the best balance for you - the stock weight my work fine for
someone).</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pdtek@home.com href="mailto:pdtek@home.com">Dave =
Bunch</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, July 02, 2001 =
7:38 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> impact =
modifications</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Someone posted about modifications that improved =
the
Mehaffey impact lever. Apparantly Mitch Kiel did a class on this but I =
have
not heard from him in response to an e-mail I sent him. I imagine he =
is off
somewhere, indesposed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>If anyone has info on this, I would like to hear =
about
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV>
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