I've also been using the I/O tape measure with the little window for many years. A good practice is to measure at points on the strings where the hammers actually make contact and not at some arbitrary point along the string. I like to push the tape up to the underside of the string, hold it there and lock the device, double check a snug fit between keybed and string, then relax and notate the readout (sometimes with a flashlight). Check it twice and notate in both metric and inches. NG On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft < alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com> wrote: > I agree. Best measuring device I have used for string height measurement. > > Al - > High Point, NC > > > > On Mar 21, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > > I have an inside/outside tape measure very similar to this one. I love it. > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois > > -----Original Message----- > From: lewis Newman <musicbased at yahoo.co.uk> > To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 10:17 am > Subject: [pianotech] string height gauge > > Hello, > > Would anyone be able to recommend a good tool for measuring the string > heights in mm?-Is there any digital ones nowadays?... > My gauge is the only thing i use that is not metric, and i find it very > confusing! > > Thanks in advance, > > Lewis. > <Oct10TTTEHp4 Pianotek Inside-Outside Measuring Tape.JPG> > > -- Nick Gravagne, RPT AST Mechanical Engineering -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120322/8fcadc4e/attachment.htm>
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