Xuyiyue vs. Concha Cielo Tuning Lever

Side by side are the Xuyiyue vs. Concha Cielo tuning levers.

My personal preference would be to choose the Xuyiyue lever over the Concha Cielo tuning lever for a variety of reasons

Concha Cielo Tuning Lever

Buy the Concha Cielo Tuning Lever

This lever is easily attainable due to its low price and won't discourage most early piano tuners from purchasing it.

While everyone has to start somewhere on their piano tuning journey, I think most will find out that getting a higher quality piano tuning lever is worth the investment.

Pros:

• Inexpensive

• Provides a gateway for piano tuning

• Looks nice

Cons:

• Lacks rigidity (too flexible)

• heavy

• Tool kit is of low quality

• Tuning tip difficult to remove

• Requires extra efforts during the tuning process

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The tuning tip lever wrench that came with the Concha Cielo Piano Tuning Kit broke the very first time I tried to remove the tuning lever tip.

I attribute this to the quality of the tip wrench more-so than the tuning lever itself.

Anyhow, this lever is inexpensive for many reasons.

• Minimum viable product leader

• Lacks rigidity (A quality tuners seek)

• Not ergonomic

• Basic as basic gets

I highly encourage those interested in piano tuning to consider many of the higher quality tuning levers that have only become available in recent years. Take advantage of living in the 2020's buy getting a better lever!

Xuyiyue Tuning Lever

This lever is a Knock-off of the Steve Fujan CarbonTube Piano Tuning Lever.

To support Steve, buy your lever here

The Xuyiyue is a lever that has some rigidity to it.

The designer made an effort to be ergonomic, though it is far from perfect.

Buy the Xuyiyue tuning lever

Here's the pro's and con's of this particular lever, which in general is much better than the previous lever discussed.

Pros:

• lightweight

• rigid

• ergonomic

• also relatively inexpensive

• extendable

• interchangeable handles

• less energy loss (rigidity)

Cons:

• Heavier than state-of-the-art tuning levers

• More expensive than the Concha Cielo lever

• May feel awkward to tune with; design could use further refinement for feel

Owners may prefer to opt against the ergonomic handle provided.

This silver handle keeps to the general shape of the lever at the end. Personally, I would prefer the ball shaped end rather than the straight edged handle.

The lever may be extended for extra leverage.

I think that this was a good concept, however, when it comes to implementation it's more of a gimmick that doesn't offer much of an added benefit.

I credit the designer for trying the idea of extending the lever with add-on pieces, though I think it falls short of having much of a benefit.

Below, it's apparent that the tuning lever tips can be interchangeable.

This is helpful to those seeking a higher quality tuning lever tip which can provide:

• tight fit around the tuning pins

• better feel

• replace worn tips

Buy the Xuyiyue Tuning Lever

All in all, I would rank the Xiyuyue hammer as a better option than the Concha Cielo tuning hammer to get your piano in perfect tune!

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