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[Charles E. Faulk]

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Here they are. Talk about museum pieces!

Charles
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:35:38 -0500 "Charles E. Faulk" <cfaulk2@juno.com>
writes:
> Greg,
> 
> I have two of the old factory gauges. I'll put together a photo 
> later
> today for you. Unfortunately they are not available commercially.
> 
> Charles Faulk
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:38:50 -0400 Greg Newell 
> <gnewell@ameritech.net>
> writes:
> > 
> > Does anyone have a picture of the Baldwin gauge or are we talking 
> > about 
> > that aluminum thingy with 3 feet?
> > 
> > 
> > Greg Newell
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > At 12:59 PM 6/25/2003, you wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > >>          Some things about this chart are unclear to me.  What 
> do 
> > the 
> > >> numbers under the heading 'Bubble' represent?  Lines on the 
> > gauge?
> > >
> > >Yes.
> > >
> > >
> > >>I don't have a Baldwin gauge but on the Lowell gauge (at least 
> on 
> > the old 
> > >>one I have) I believe there are major lines and minor lines.  I 
> > think 
> > >>it's every fourth line that's a major line.  Does a bubble 
> reading 
> > of 1 
> > >>on your chart correspond to 1 minor line on the Lowell gauge?
> > >
> > >The only Lowell gages I've seen are calibrated in 10' increments, 
> 
> > or 1/6°. 
> > >Baldwin's gage is calibrated in 17' increments, I think, and 
> since 
> > the 
> > >instructions were in Baldwinese, I sent a conversion chart with 
> > degrees. 
> > >If you happen to have a level with different calibration, read 
> the 
> > degrees 
> > >per line from the Baldwin chart and translate to fit yours. 
> > Baldwin's gage 
> > >is 0.005" rise per inch per division, Lowell's is 0.003". This is 
> 
> > exactly 
> > >why I have been saying since the first piano I strung that 
> degrees 
> > is the 
> > >only sensible measure for stating down bearing, and everyone can 
> > convert 
> > >to their own personal scale from there. Call it a universal 
> > exchange standard.
> > >
> > >Also, my experience is that any similarity found in actual 
> Baldwin 
> > 
> > >production pianos, to results obtained from these official 
> > instructions, 
> > >is purely coincidental.
> > >
> > >Ron N
> > >
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> > >
> > 
> > Greg Newell
> > Greg's piano Forté
> > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net 
> > 
> 
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