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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get a digital caliper & just check =
them
out. It gets between the strings easily & is fast, whether the =
numbers
are there or not. Mic. the wires on either side of the numbers if =
you're
unsure It really doesn't take that long, especially if you're =
taking the
strings off anyway. I'd rather be sure than depend on a stamp on =
the
bridge.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca =
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John
Ross</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 14, 2005 =
10:04
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] 1966 G-2 =
THANKS
ALL!!</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I can't see a problem, with =
determining the way
the numbers go.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Whichever number is on the end, start =
there and
move on to the next number, then you change =
gauges.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>i.e. If 13 is at the right hand set of =
pins it
starts there. You will find that when you get to the #19 or #20 it =
will be in
from the first set of the thicker gauge. Conversely, if the #19 is at =
the
first set of pins, on the left. (Mind you left and right can be =
reversed, if
it is on a grand, or tilted.) Then obviously, you start your =
count from
there.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I have found no exceptions, to
this.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, =
Canada<BR><A
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href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT=
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jtanner@mozart.sc.edu =
href="mailto:jtanner@mozart.sc.edu">Jeff
Tanner</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> =
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 14, =
2005 1:30
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] 1966 G-2 =
THANKS
ALL!!</DIV>
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<DIV>On Oct 13, 2005, at 5:46 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:</DIV><BR
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" =
face=Helvetica
size=3>Common sense is an oxymoron. <snip> The =
numbers are
there so we don't HAVE to remember which way the count goes. We =
can figure
it out from the placement of the numbers and hitch pattern (if
necessary).</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
<DIV>Ok, so maybe not common sense, but everything else about our =
culture
puts us in the mindset of things naturally progressing from left to
right. When one sees a 15 stamped on the plate, for example, =
it is
completely natural to be in the mindset that that unison and the =
wires to
the right of that stamp are 15 and those to the left of that stamp =
are size
15 1/2 (or whatever the next size stamp reads), but that is not the =
case at
all.</DIV>
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