David, Didn't the photos show it all? It is a straight stick of wood with a notch cut in it. You hold it flat on the string plane and measure the gap between the end and the string rest. I showed the stacking gauges I use. This tells me what the bearing condition is. I am only interested in the total bearing not whether the bridge is tilted or what. In the type of pianos I work on I have never sean a situation where a slight tilt to the bridge was found to be the source of a tonal problem. It may be a symptom but not the cause. I guess somewhere there are pianos with serious bridge role, but expect that by the time this develops many other things have gone wrong as well. David Skolnik wrote: > > John Hartman - John Hartman > > Can you elaborate as to how you use the method and tools to which you > refer below in measuring downbearing in a strung piano? John Hartman RPT John Hartman Pianos [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] Rebuilding Steinway and Mason & Hamlin Grand Pianos Since 1979 Piano Technicians Journal Journal Illustrator/Contributing Editor [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] John Hartman The Universal, How-to, Hands-on Illustrator [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015]
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