Duct tape? 8^) I'm a big believer in gaff tape (the stuff they use on theater stages), but not for tuning levers. Maybe you are thinking of Mitch Kiel's using bicycle handlebar tape on a tuning lever handle. I've come to appreciate the fact that different tuners are comfortable with different shapes of tuning lever handles. I'm very grateful to Charles Faulk who was willing to follow my specs as I honed in on my most desired shape. All my old levers are now unusable because they feel absolutely wrong in my hand. Kent On Jul 13, 2005, at 1:21 AM, David Ilvedson wrote: > Kent, > > Wasn't it you who had an article in the Journal about wrapping your > hammer in duct tape and stuff to get a shape you wanted? > > David I. > > > > > Original message > From: Kent Swafford > To: Pianotech > Received: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:36:24 -0500 > Subject: Faulk Hammers Not 4 Sale > > I became a bit obsessed, OK, very obsessed with the tweaking that > Charles was able to do for me in the shapes of the handles of his > levers. I now have 3 Faulk titanium levers. Each one is better than > the other 2. These are by far the best, most comfortable levers I > have ever used. > > Kent > > > > > >
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