Measurement

[Avery Todd]

Don,

   I didn't mention it in my TP post, but on a lot of pins I would even get
different measurements at different points along the length. I tended to
let the "majority" rule.

Avery

>Try this simple experiment at a chapter meeting. Take a tuning pin or some
>other measurable item. Have 5 people measure it five times, with the *same*
>tools (a digital readout vernier calipers for example). I think you will be
>amazed at the difference from one set of measurements to the next.
>
>I find if I want a really *critical* measurement made that a protocol of
>measuring the item eight to ten times is helpful. I toss out the *high*
>reading and toss out the *low* reading and average the rest.
>
>Regards,
>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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