----- Original Message ----- From: <kam544@flash.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: May 30, 2001 9:02 PM Subject: A first for me > List, > > Experienced a minor oddity today. > > Replaced a broken B7 treble string on a 1960s' Steinway D today. Measured > the string with a digital caliper and came up with .030 (Size 12 1/2). > However, the plate was clearly marked 13 1/2 as the lowest size. > > The string was original. > > Is it possible for a string to stretch itself over the years by that much > and become a smaller diameter than it was in the beginning? --------------------------------------------------- No. Don't trust those digital calipers. I have one as well -- a nice, expensive Mitutoyo Absolute -- and it's a great tool, but it doesn't take the place of a nice digital micrometer. Regards, Del
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