Barbara, I actually called Steve Fujan to talk about that before I placed the order. With the tip extension I have had no clearance problems so far. The one problem I did have was getting onto the A0 tuning pin on a Yamaha C3 *with* the tip extension on. I took it off and it cleared just fine, but I could not be as free with my hammer position in the upper treble without running into struts in some positions. It did work though, just not as much clearance as with the extension. The extension actually doesn't make it much longer than you would be with a standard length head and tip. I got the 11 degree head on the Fujan. Jeff Stickney Barbara Richmond wrote: > Jeff, > > I took a look. When using the Fujan do you ever have a problem clearing > struts, etc? Do you skin your knuckles on the tuning pins? :-) I > have a > tip extension for clearance that I have to use occasionally, but don't > care > for it much. Long ago I changed to a 15 degree head with my ol' Hale > lever, > to get more of the clearance I wanted. > > Barbara Richmond > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Stickney" > <jpstickney@montanadsl.net> > To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:46 PM > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Differences? > > >> >> The point being that with the added leverage the amount of effort is >> much >> less with the longer hammer. You can check it out at the website: >> http://www.fujanproducts.com/. It took me a little while to get used to >> it, and being short (5'4"), the length stretches me out a bit more >> than I >> would like. I have requested a tube which would create a hammer 12" >> long >> so I can retain some leverage advantage but have less of a stretch. >> >> >> Jeff Stickney >> > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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