At 11:23 AM 7/1/02 -0700, Joe wrote: >. The longer the lever the greater the mechanical >leverage AND the lesser is the accuracy! Hmm...Joe, wouldn't be the other way around? Wouldn't it be greater accuracy? Let's view a tuning lever as the radius of a circle, and your hand is at a point on the circumference of the circle. On a normal tuning lever where the radius is 12 inches or so, you may have to move your hand, say, 1/4 inch along the circumference of that circle to raise a note, say, 2 cents. When you switch to a longer tuning lever, the circumference is enlarged. To raise the same note the same 2 cents will require more distance, let's say for the sake of argument: 1/2 inch. Therefore, if the original 1/4 inch of motion will now raise the note 1 cent instead of 2, wouldn't you consider that a gain in accuracy? Food for thought. -Matt
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