Fred, Please do (post). My gauge died and I'd like to build something like it. BTW, thanks for the feedback on the perf. piano thing. I'm going to stick with "diversity" but I'll put Steinway hammers back on the Steinways instead of other hammers. I think that's a good point. So, I'll have 2 Ms and a Baldwin L, Kawai GS-40, M&H A, and a Yamaha C3. Regards, Jim Busby ________________________________ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred Sturm Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:50 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Baldwin SD Thanks, Ron. That's very helpful. The cumulative loss of compression would be due to repeated cycling of high to low humidity, yes? Resulting in crushed wood fiber structure? I'll start examining pianos with a little more care and attention. Partly it's a question of knowing precisely what to be looking at and listening for. And having the tools to measure. BTW, I recently constructed a home made version of the Lowell gauge (when I finally decided to spring for one a few years ago, it had become unavailable). I'll post pictures for those interested. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20060403/f266269a/attachment.html
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