Grammy weighers

[Fred Sturm]

Joe,
	Hey, a 0.5 gm difference is pretty minor if you're after "a quick 
evaluation of down weight." I'll try to remember to weigh mine when I get 
home tonight. But if they are 50 gm + or - 2 grams or so, that would be 
good enough for a quickie. I suppose you _could_ weigh each one and stamp 
it on the side as an added attraction for what is already a very useful 
tool (I've saved an incredible amount of time in mating hammers to strings 
since buying mine). You could even make sure each one weighed "exactly" 50 
gm.
	For initial evaluation, I like to do a quickie up-weight as well - see if 
each key will lift 25 grams. Or 20. Or 15. Tells you more about the piano 
(quickly) than down weight. Put together a ball park of both, and you know 
a lot. And the upweight eval is good for finding rubbing parts (like rep 
lever against neighboring knuckle, or barely grazing checks) and other 
problems.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico

--On Monday, June 9, 2003 9:33 AM -0600 Joe And Penny Goss 
<imatunr@srvinet.com> wrote:

>
> Double Hummm,
> Makes you wonder about the calibration of these units.
> I was looking to find out if the level could be used for a quick
> evaluation of down weight plus a nickle or so.  Joe Goss
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Avery Todd
> To: College and University Technicians
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Grammy weighers
>
> Hmm. Mine weighs 51.1 grams.
>
> Avery
>
> At 02:07 PM 6/8/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
> Joe-
> You mean the little string level?
> Mine weighs 50.6 grams.
> Ed S.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe And Penny Goss To: Pianotech ;
> College and University Technicians Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 11:39 AM
> Subject: Grammy weighers
>
>  Hi, Is there anyone who has "the level" , who also has a gram scale,
> that could weigh the level and give me the weight? BTW after a long wait
> the levels are back in finished form ready for work. Thanks to those on
> the list who have waited so patiently for delivery. Penny has mailers
> ready for sending Monday Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
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