----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: June 26, 2003 5:37 AM Subject: Re: Accu-Just Hitch Pins > > >Two magnets, actually. And it is designed to read out string bearing in > >terms of percentage of string tension rather than degrees of angle. As your > >chart points out. But, and I haven't done the math, I thought it was 0.5% > >percent per increment on the vial. But, memory fades as time passes. > > > >Del > > > Guess who supplied the information I used in the chart for the Baldwin > gage. That's why I made the chart. Details tend to evaporate on us if they > aren't recorded. The 17 minutes of arc sounds right. It's the percentage of string bearing against the bridge per increment that sounds off. But, as I said.... Del
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