[pianotech] upright dampers regulating gauge

[J Patrick Draine]

Kawai sells it too, but without the magnets. $12 as I recall.
Patrick Draine

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Jack Houweling
<jackhouweling at dccnet.com>wrote:

> Hi Gregor,****
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> I was the one who came up with the damper timing gauge. Someone
> shamelessly took my idea ****
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> and is now selling them. They were selling at the convention in Salt Lake
> City at the Renner booth. ****
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> Jack Houweling****
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Gregor _
> *Sent:* Friday, March 16, 2012 2:25 AM
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> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] upright dampers regulating gauge****
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> Thank you, Barbara. I did not know that it was featured in the Journal.
>
> Gregor
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> piano technician - tuner - dealer
> Münster, Germany
> www.weldert.de
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> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:36:16 +0000
> From: piano57 at comcast.net
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] upright dampers regulating gauge****
>
> hi Gregor,
>
> If you get the Journal, that gauge is featured in the January '09 TT&T
> column.  Jack Houweling made it and handed it to me during the convention
> in Anaheim. I promptly forgot  and later  posted the picture and question.
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois****
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> *From: *"Gregor _" <karlkaputt at hotmail.com>
> *To: *pianotech at ptg.org
> *Sent: *Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:48:53 AM
> *Subject: *[pianotech] upright dampers regulating gauge****
>
> Long time ago somebody posted in this list a photo of a regulating gauge.
> It was a transparent bar with magnets to fix on the strings. The thickness
> of that bar was that of the typical half blow of upright dampers. The
> original poster found that thing somewhere in his shop and could not
> remember where he got that from. That produced some funny answers ("you got
> that from me but forgot to pay the bill....").
>
> Anyway, does anybody have that picture? Is it a gauge that is sold by a
> piano supply?
>
> Gregor
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> piano technician - tuner - dealer
> Münster, Germany
> www.weldert.de****
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