The Leonessa is a high-speed key with a totally unique design: a dual-lever paddle with narrowly spaced finger pieces that can be converted into a dual-action single-lever key with a few turns of an adjustment screw. The additional adjustment screw achieves the nearly impossible feat of creating a precision key that can satisfy operators of both “persuasion”, single and dual-lever, and allows you to experiment with both modes of operation to determine which suits you best.

As you see in the photo, the contact points are located right behind the finger pieces and are adjusted on the opposing side. This facilitates superb tactile feedback for high-speed operation and still gives you plenty of room for wider contact gaps. The spacing between the finger pieces is adjustable between 6.5mm and 14mm (1/4” to 9/16”).

The Leonessa, of course, has all the characteristics of our best keys: lightweight aluminum arms, perforated finger pieces for a secure grip, precision racing bearings, solid silver contacts, finely adjustable contact gaps, magnetically controlled return force, and a heavy black base with a titanium oxide coating and a beautifully engraved lion. (The city of Brescia, our hometown, is also known as Leonessa d’Italia for heroic feats in its long and varied history, and it carries a lion in its coat of arms.