Lowell Gauge...was Down Bearing

[Cy Shuster]

That explanation helps.  It wasn't clear which part of the tool was aligned
with what.  I assume both ends of the tool would lie in the same plane on a
flat surface.  About how long is the flat area of the tool that rests on the
strings?   Do you have a guess what your resolution of measurement is?

It's an elegantly simple tool...

--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN

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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: Lowell Gauge...was Down Bearing


> 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.