Since titanium is 30% lighter than steel, it is the ideal medium for piano tuning hammers. Combine this with a well designed handle made from beautiful exotic wood, and you have a tool that is balanced with most of its weight in your hand and not at the tip. The Original Titanium Tuning Hammer has a handle that gives you a variety of hand positions; the most important of which is the ability to grasp the lever at the end. Traditional steel tuning hammers weigh close to a pound. The Original Titanium Tuning Hammer weighs between 10 and 12 ounces. Most of my levers are between 10" and 12" long, but I can custom make a lever to any length or shape you desire.