Impact Lever

[John M. Formsma]

Dave,

<<Actually, I DID get the pins to move. It is just that it seemed to require
a lot more impacting than I would have guessed since these things are
supposed to reduce shoulder and elbow stress. I will stick with it for a
while to see if things get smoother.>>

When I first tried to use the impact lever, it seemed to me that it took
more effort than I had thought it would. My wrist and forearm got a little
achey because I was not used to using those particular muscles. After a few
more tries, there were no aches. Also at first, I was not used to the amount
of force needed to impact the tool to make the pin turn. It takes getting
used to.

My chief complaint about the Mehaffey impact lever was that it seemed to
take longer (for me) to make sure the pin and string were stable. All these
little jerks with the wrist to bump the string to proper tension, then it
would go sharp. Maybe if I had used it longer, I could have gotten more used
to it. I went back to using my Jahn extension lever and sold the impact
lever. I'm glad that others have found the impact technique suitable, but I
decided it was not for me. I mostly use the smooth pull technique.

John Formsma
Blue Mountain, MS

mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com