Down-Bearing NICKED A NERVE!

[Farrell]

"we take a straight edge with us to lay across  the top of the outer rim"
When you measure crown on an old piano with strings on it etc., are you
saying that you lay a straight edge across the rim (I would assume at a
number of locations) and measure down to the board several times along
straight edge to measure crown? If so, would it not be a bit more
accurate/easier to stretch a string across the board bottom? I've never
tried it the other way. I seems like measuring a crown of 1/8" or less could
be real hard to do accurately. If indeed you do it that way, I'll have to
try it out! Please lemmmme know.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Overs Pianos" <sec@overspianos.com.au>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: Down-Bearing NICKED A NERVE!


> Dale, Ron, Terry and list,
>
> Dale wrote regarding flat boards,
>
> >Seriously I come  up against this notion everday that hey,  the
> >board is perfect because it isn't cracked . . . (flatness accepted) .
>
> While Ron N responded;
>
> >Me too, and it only seems to get harder to take with time. Education,
like
> >gold, is where you find it - but the acquisition of either requires the
> >participant to make the concession to stoop to scoop. Ya gotta wade and
> >scrape to progress. Sadly, that seems to be too high a price for most.
>
> Couldn't agree more with you both. When we inspect grand pianos for a
> prospective rebuild, we take a straight edge with us to lay across
> the top of the outer rim. If the board hasn't got crown it doesn't
> get used.
>
> Ron O
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