Pin Sensitivity; was Carbon fiber tuning lever

[Jason Kanter]

That's true, but just above the pictures of the sold items is this note from
Charles Faulk:"

   Dear customers: Thanks to your heavy demand for the CF tuning hammer, I'm
   working very hard to keep up with the production of these tools. Almost
   every tuning hammer I'm making now is presold before it reaches my
web site.This is hardly a complaint. I'm very grateful for your faith
and interest in
   this technology. Rest assured I am working ahead to provide new levers for
   you. In the mean time, if you would like something similar to the 'sold'
   units displayed on my site, please feel free to call or e-mail your
   orders directly to me. Right now the delivery time from order placement to
   shipping is averaging about three weeks. Again my many thanks to all of
   you who have tried and liked the CF tuning hammer. I'm going back to work!

   CF (Charles Faulk)

"

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:32 PM, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I just went online to www.faulkpiano.com and found every single carbon
> fiber hammer sold!
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "David Andersen" <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
> To: "Pianotech Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Received: 9/8/2008 3:47:33 PM
> Subject: Pin Sensitivity; was Carbon fiber tuning lever
>
>
> >All this talk of stiffness and which tool is stiffer completely
> >misses the point.
>
> >Both the Faulk carbon fiber lever and the Fujan lever---the first I
> >own, the second I've used---owe their growing popularity to
> >their ability to allow the tuner to FEEL the pin in a much more
> >intimate and precise way. I've tuned many thousands of pianos, and
> >each time i tune I try to get better at feeling where the tuning pins
> >are in the block so I can stand them still, put them at rest, and
> >"lock them in."
> >These levers, through some combination of weight, carbon handle, high-
> >grade aluminum coupler, and quality tip, produce a much, much more
> >sensitive "pin feel" than other levers, even the titanium-shaft Faulk
> >or Bowman levers.
>
> >Here's the analogy I use in class:  from where I sit now, using the
> >"old-school" Hale extension lever I used for the first thirty years
> >was like touching my beloved's face with fur-lined leather winter
> >gloves. The Faulk titanium lever I first used 6 years ago is like
> >touching her face with fine, skin-tight leather driving gloves. The
> >Faulk carbon-fiber lever is like touching with the finest surgical
> >gloves.
>
> >I find it more and more difficult to "shim" or "crack" my temperament
> >unisons, because my lever has allowed me to really set the pins, and
> >it's
> >hard to move a well-set pin. This bodes very well for the stability
> >of the tuning.
>
> >Charlie Faulk sent me one of his original carbon-fiber prototypes
> >over two years ago. You'd have to pry it from my cold, dead hands to
> >get it away from me.
>
> >David Andersen
>



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