https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/new-home daily 1.0 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1506895835136-WE9WDHIVLUJ8AMOD3NT7/Professional+with+hand+cropped+b%26w.jpg home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1506895903829-Y43LZP7CNFJFIQ2WXVWN/Utility+with+hand+cropped+b%26w.jpg home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1506895919368-NP55MOJLNDGM98WXKGS9/Upright+Professional+with+hand+cropped+b%26w.jpg home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1506895884721-934UYVDH3LC79WO9BYL9/Classic+with+hand+cropped+b%26w.jpg home https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-05-04 https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/utility daily 0.75 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504017877831-3XM1GKIIPCVPIRUTUF3L/TH-13+2.jpg Utility https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521402029869-PH8CMUUG903AC60YYPFF/Utility+clears+Yamaha+plate+bars.jpg Utility - The Utility will clear the plate bars... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521402051498-V3I6NQ97GVV1WQ1U5GZ0/Utility+clears+Bechstein+plate+strut.jpg Utility - ...on just about any grand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507062070907-VPLPXB32OOY0S4JHXL00/lowest+Yamaha+grand+string.jpg Utility - The Utility fits easily under the music desk guide of this Yamaha grand... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508367541334-Z7CH03ENG7AUW9IN81XV/low+pins+Bechstein+B.jpg Utility - ...and this Bechstein model B. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508600636679-SULH2VPRI6OYW7YGYGEC/Utility+A0+Emerson+spinet.JPG Utility - Here it slips between the lowest pin and the case of an Emerson spinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508367553633-T2E5N1IINGP8C9XE2TCQ/overhanging+Baldwin+spinet+lid.jpg Utility - The Utility fits easily under the overhanging lids of mid-century American consoles and spinets, like this Baldwin spinet... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507397321960-E4MV6UZD121RWG315V8V/Utility+under+Winter+lid.JPG Utility - ...and this Winter console. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504727944949-X52AVVY8397YUQLQ9QQZ/vertical+pitch+raise+1.jpg Utility - With the Utility, you can maintain the same grip... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504727972735-GQYNEYTQXJ8SRE27CYTD/vertical+pitch+raise+2.jpg Utility - ...while moving from pin to pin... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504727999107-BKS42AOKJRSAK5E3MENW/vertical+pitch+raise+3.jpg Utility - ...during a vertical pitch adjustment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504727478867-1KCQAPW5LP36CA8991L4/Utility+turning+glide.jpg Utility - The Utility is great for adjusting glide bolts... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670908669-9MRXBYEVEPP5KD3FW9ER/string+repair.jpg Utility - ...replacing strings... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670923985-6JXNHZMJFGI4A452AEFY/coil+lifting.jpg Utility - ...lifting coils... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504728748671-KA0QOVU49QBUIUMGF78I/Utility+tapping+out+knob+machine+screw.jpg Utility - ...or wherever you'd use a small hammer. https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/about daily 0.75 2017-12-27 https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/cshaped-tuning-levers daily 0.75 2017-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508719960127-S9CH46VTDPIW00Q14E9Y/number+1.jpg C-levers - Pushing the handle of this imaginary lever turns the pin without tilting it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508719987070-9X9QR0LXNTF2P0T1YGTO/number+2.jpg C-levers - Pushing the handle of this imaginary lever tilts the pin without turning it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508720000003-8547DYTZ4XI98TTAUWI9/number+3.jpg C-levers - When you push the handle of a conventional, "L"-shaped lever, you both turn and tilt the pin, with a fixed proportion between the two forces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508720014654-7O7WSDUBM4DHQINI4IDG/number+4.jpg C-levers - When you use a "C"-shaped lever, you can choose to turn the pin without tilting it, tilt the pin without turning it, or simultaneously turn and tilt the pin. https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/professional-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507061441290-XXVXN4LDLYY2LOIZV802/Classic+twelve+o%27clock.jpg The Professional - When you use an L-lever on a grand, your tuning arm is awkwardly cantilevered whether your lever is at twelve o'clock... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508713745938-4NOHTDANQ0OUD2ZRWRE0/Classic+three+o%27clock.jpg The Professional - ...or three o'clock... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507061490817-ZEB1BRMVU4KAWBQMFBGF/Pro+six+o%27clock+no+conflict.jpg The Professional - ..but when you use a C-lever, you work from a position of mechanical advantage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507061336551-V78RRWRKHHLL3A0O04SY/Classic+cantilever.jpg The Professional - When you use an L-lever on a vertical, your elbow hangs in front of the pins... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507061376955-9O7OR9LKC5CWSJ5TZBBI/Pro+on+back.jpg The Professional - ...but when you use a C-lever, you can steady your elbow on the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507061567380-ZTPZ0YU8HLR3PYTOUATX/Classic+treble+twelve+o%27clock.jpg The Professional - When you tune a grand with an L-lever using your right hand, you have to either work from the side in the high treble... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507061528843-17P2S9WPNCAEX9NJ7GCN/Classic+treble+nine+o%27clock.jpg The Professional - ...or switch hands... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507061592759-8NRTIT2YBV9UBXLPLELN/Pro+treble+rh.jpg The Professional - ...but when you use a C-lever, you can tune the high treble the same way you tune the rest of the piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507061618329-76NE06RA9QVBNPINDMQE/Pro+treble+lh.jpg The Professional - Switching hands in the treble is easy with a C-lever... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521400309128-5STSBBRD1P292A5PQPMN/Professional+chipping+Bluthner.jpg The Professional - ...for example, to chip the fourth string of a Bluthner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670189071-18RJTKPKHFN56HSK7RCO/Schneider+lid+1.jpg The Professional - Since you don't need to lift the lid... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670260140-7CB66YOQ9PCXZHEHZHOQ/Schneider+lid+2.jpg The Professional - ...you can leave photo galleries in place... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670240308-G0N7W3M2IHYNF2301TYH/Zohar+lid+1.jpg The Professional - ...and if the lid has been carefully landscaped... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670311657-RZ9YE0UEBD9KFQGDCD8H/Zohar+lid+2.jpg The Professional - ...you can leave it intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505050740661-6BZV127I4YY969UPLOM3/model+letter+S%26S+B.jpg The Professional - Even on an S&S B... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505050772158-LETPR2ZPZYD8LAX0I41X/bottom+pin+S%26S+B.jpg The Professional - ...the Professional fits every pin, from lowest... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505050757187-PSE1IU5FAUWJQAVJABJZ/top+pin+S%26S+B.jpg The Professional - ...to highest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670128600-OMGXGE459CMOMDPRVG2S/C+with+fall.jpg The Professional - The Professional clears the fallboard of an S&S model C... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670149388-3LYKF4FIT1EWSLC7EE0Y/D+with+fall.jpg The Professional - ...but it won't reach the farthest pins in the treble of a D... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505670162303-75RHLIWV7YVGLD94IMZS/D+without+fall.jpg The Professional - ...unless the fall board has been removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1507066254759-IUJ8YIJ6PS82IJAASM5F/Steingraber.jpg The Professional - It reaches the treble pins in most large pianos... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505050790886-KDTZC1ZAE5VVSPOCPCU2/tall+Knabe+stretcher+1.jpg The Professional - This Knabe... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505050803467-O0P5TH4ZYPXX0ZNFYGJB/tall+Knabe+stretcher+2.jpg The Professional - ...has a tall stretcher... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505050816082-HB429GCK47BFX1GXJKD8/tall+Knabe+stretcher+3.jpg The Professional - ...but the Professional clears it easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521400666062-TWL4242XP7V3552Q6NFP/Professional+just+clears+Yamaha+metro+stretcher+in+bass.jpg The Professional - ...even in the bass... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521400635946-2JCJE94K6J8AB57UJ81J/Professional+Yamaha+GA1.JPG The Professional - The Professional will clear the tall stretchers on some Yamaha grands... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521400685391-WAXW87KF91GM47GX3BWY/Professional+doesn%27t+clear+bass+Yamaha+metro+stretcher+.jpg The Professional - ...but for the times it doesn't, you'll need to carry an L-lever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521400724845-DKXJQ7W8RTX6AW3V1TOZ/Professional+on+Aeolian+O.jpg The Professional - You'll also need an L-lever for pianos like the Steinway/Aeolian O. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521400739040-MN59AZ23CXORST9AZYCY/Aeolian+O+Utility+1.jpg The Professional - The Utility comes in handy... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521400753724-UEU8P71BWJESBX98RECS/Aeolian+O+Utility+2.jpg The Professional - ...at times like that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504017751619-XXAF74W2MMEERJRZZESY/TH-9LP.jpg The Professional https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/classic daily 0.75 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504017650206-NZDWDJB4B8QVZUZQGYRU/TH-4L.jpg Classic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521401343101-BP8CQDGCYT1A09ZLEW3A/Classic+clears+grand+plate+bars+1.jpg Classic - The head of the Classic is tall enough that the tool clears plate bars... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521401358417-93B8D6GDM656QKN1R5A5/Classic+clears+grand+plate+bars+2.jpg Classic - ...on virtually all pianos... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521401381630-X5DAH8B95IF0VSNWRMUK/Classic+clear+Bechstein+plate+strut.jpg Classic - ...including older European grands... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521401439339-XBM4L522YX7H3H5396I3/Classic+fits+Yamaha+grand+pin+A0.jpg Classic - ...but is short enough to fit under music desk guides... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521401476835-9AE995OH7SHLXFZYE04Y/Classic+fits+pin+A0+American+spinet.jpg Classic - ...and other case parts... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521401461258-1FYJ4QRNSSRAL31KMUC5/Classic+clears+front+board+clip.jpg Classic - ...and hardware. https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/professional-vertical daily 0.75 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504730478679-621HSYMT8CIPJQPAAAXQ/Professional+Vertical+placeholder+tweaked.jpg Upright Professional https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505051089480-TWIBZ0I8AN3E689B0DEA/compare+shapes+of+two+C-levers.jpg Upright Professional - The Upright Professional is a better fit than the Professional on most verticals... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521402716085-MAIO3AVZGAHTUXPXYRQ0/Vertical+Pro+and+Steinway+pressure+bar.jpg Upright Professional - ...and its extra stiffness makes working with heavy pressure bars much less frustrating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1505051146237-EBL247M2IUS5FXSD7YFE/high+pin+vertical.jpg Upright Professional - The Upright Professional is long enough for the highest pins of most large uprights... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521402745909-TMYFHZS0BD91BVGA806K/tall+Knabe+upright.jpg Upright Professional - ...like this old Knabe... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504729287329-CMFIPBBJERST4XYXKUHB/Professional+Vertical+on+Baldwin+Hamilton.jpg Upright Professional - ...but short enough to fit under lids like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504729228324-YRHTU23FHM93XZ1W34J3/Vertical+Professional+clearing+Baldwin+stretcher+1.jpg Upright Professional - It even clears the stretchers of some small grands... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1504729260252-PCEOICEPB089KF682ZLP/Verical+Professional+clearing+Baldwin+stretcher.jpg Upright Professional - ...like this Baldwin... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521402861174-K6QNEYL1U339DDDEMW2Y/Vertical+Prol+on+Estey+stretcher.jpg Upright Professional - ...this Howard... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521402907443-U4PXMDPIEXLRRPZ30G9B/Vertical+Pro+on+Howard+grand+with+fall.jpg Upright Professional - ...and this Estey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521402971150-R8RN2K5D5M0NUZWF2X9G/Yamaha+MX100+A+doesn%27t+fit.jpg Upright Professional - On some verticals, though, you'll either have to remove hardware... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1521402983175-HJ4OSNRIYB0VBX0SA5CF/Utility+on+Yamaha+MX100A.jpg Upright Professional - ...or simply take out your Utility. https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/making-the-switch daily 0.75 2017-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508710794273-DZ7ZR7D6K64TH4YK3W8F/Classic+twelve+o%27clock+copy.jpg making the switch - With an L-lever, you push to flatten and pull to sharpen... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508710840022-U26K522NETNDFRTB1TIL/Classic+three+o%27clock.jpg making the switch - ..whether you're at 12:00 or 3:00... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508710864457-40E7ZZQWTFYGA20C1X3A/Classic+cantilever+copy.jpg making the switch - ...and whether you're tuning a grand or a vertical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508710880353-NLWTF6OUVS6GWP6RAGBE/Pro+on+back+copy.jpg making the switch - With the Profession, you push and pull in the same way on verticals... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508710901971-4B360PIHQ3VKOCXC271F/Pro+six+o%27clock+no+conflict+copy.jpg making the switch - ...but on grands, you pull to flatten and push to sharpen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508710922373-S50ENRTQXG84YZ44JXAM/Classic+twelve+o%27clock+copy.jpg making the switch - When you tune a grand with an L-lever, your hands are widely separated... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1508710938902-Y7THOMO37DOZI7MRXXYD/Pro+six+o%27clock+conflict.jpg making the switch - ...but when you tune a grand with a C-lever, your hands can get in each other's way. https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/tips-for-using-the-professional daily 0.75 2017-12-27 https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/new-page daily 0.75 2017-10-09 https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/ergonomic-and-convenient daily 0.75 2017-12-27 https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/patent-first-page daily 0.75 2017-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5996206debbd1a8cb7bd2506/1514402212018-M3FLVOOUK3WL7SOV4RAS/Scan+of+patent+first+page.jpg patent first page https://www.levitantuninglevers.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2024-10-30