Dear List-oires - I don't generally take the time to simply "share" some experience, unless there's a particular point I'd like to make, or question to ask. This time, it's just sharing. My current psychromatic tool of choice is an upscale version of the one Pianotek shows on page C-1 of their catalog. It is a Mannix (now General) EP8706, which claims to be accurate to +/- 2% as opposed to 5%, and which can be re calibrated by the user (me). I've checked it against a more expensive gauge and it seems quite close. Today, in a couple of public school buildings, I got readings as low as 4.5%. I breathed on it to make sure it wasn't broken, or I wasn't dead. Neither was the case. I know, within the context of the recent thread "What to do", Jim Busby said that his collection of some 420 instruments is frequently exposed to levels lower than 10%. That seems disturbing enough, but how long would anything last, with extended exposure to 5%? Anyway, I was impressed. David Skolnik Hastings on Hudson, NY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20081208/b2ab8c6c/attachment.html>
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