consistent downbearing measurements

[Greg Newell]

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Dale,
         OK, now I se what you were getting at. Sorry, guess I'm a bit=20
dense about these things still. It would be nice if the gauge were a bit=20
heavier but then there would be more of a tendency to deflect the string=20
from it's own weight. I still vote for a rare earth magnet as the base=20
until I hear of something even better.

Greg



At 05:53 PM 6/2/2004, you wrote:
>      Greg
>    Some techs do not rebuild but only use them to see if there is any=20
> residual bearing left in the 90 year old almost flat or flat  board.=20
> Under those conditions it's difficult to tell anything with the gauge=20
> because of the bridge slope towards the rear & a sunken crown/bridge as=20
> well  One gets really funky ideas of whats there &  not there if you know=
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> what I mean.
>  As to your useage , yes of course this what they're for. I wasn't=20
> looking for trick answers. It would be nice if the gauge were fashione=20
> from cast brass or iron for a more solid seat on the string.
>   Dale
>Dale,
>         Uh, I'm not sure what type of an answer your looking for here but=
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> I'll take a stab at it. I'm needing to set plate height during the course=
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> of a rebuild and check for down bearing during the course of evaluating a=
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> piano. Isn't that what their for?
>
>Greg
>
>At 10:45 AM 6/1/2004, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 6/1/2004 5:23:38 AM Pacific Standard Time,=20
>>gnewell@ameritech.net writes:
>>Thanks Dale. I've been doing just that but I'm not happy with the=20
>>repeatability of measurements. There's just got to be a better way. Any=20
>>other gauges out there? I seem to remember a Journal article with a dial=
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>>gauge of some kind. Am I dreaming?
>>Greg Newell
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>>     Gregg

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