Elian, I remembered that you had an old Jahn from your father, and that it performed very well even though it was many years old. I took that into consideration before buying the Jahn from Pianotek. I figured that it would still be of similar quality. So far I have not been disappointed. The lever I have is different from the picture you attached. The design is similar in that the head and shaft are made out of one piece of metal. This gives it more stiffness than other levers. The new ones also appear to have a thicker shaft than yours. The shaft is hexagonal, or six-sided, like the Schaff levers. Will you be able to attend the 2000 conventions? If so, you will likely see the lever at the Pianotek table. If you are able to come, then perhaps you can bring your Jahn to compare it with the new ones. John Formsma Blue Mountain, MS let me repeat myself because I am very proud of it When my Father retired he gave me his tuning lever which was given to him by his father. its design allows it to be used with all tuning pin sizes. I never had problem with them. They must be around 90 years old In the picture enclosed you can see it has a star shaped conic tip (it came with two tips a short one and a slightly large one) it is hardly worn and the grip on the tuning pin is perfect. The lever has embeded in it the name JAHN. I tried several tools but this one is my preffered. I only hope that the actual JAHN keeps as good as this one Elian Degen
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