At 09:25 AM 4/14/96 -0600, you wrote: >Thanks for the additional info, John. The fact is, I've been >considering something other than the spring-type, and since the >(Marinelli) Pianotek dial-type units are $119.00 US, I thought I might >be missing... something. > >Jim Harvey RPT Greetings Jim, Although I agree with you that many of the items carried by Pianotek carry a big price tag, I must say that I have found most of the tools I have acquired from Bob filled a need that I have had for years. I am grateful that we have such a diversity of fine products available today, and support several suppliers. However, regarding the dial resistance guage, such as the one you seem to refer to above, I acquired mine several years ago at a convention at some cost, and would proudly pull it out from time to time to check centers on underlevers and reps (I have a strong preference for the swing test for hammershanks). Eventually I concluded that I could do a better job by feel and by using gram weights. Last year I retired it totally after a visit from Bill Garlick. We had been discussing action centering, and Bill asked to see my guage. He demonstrated to me conclusively (with gram weights) that the readings were quite low. Our very basic supply house model was more accurate! Perhaps this particular guage was an anomaly, but the experience taught me that even high priced measuring devices require checking and, if possible, calibration. Regards, Charles Charles Ball School of Music University of Texas at Austin
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