Lowell Gauge

[David Love]

How vile the vial.  Any idea where I get a new one or must the old vial
be reviled without being revitalized.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:10 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Lowell Gauge

> So I pulled my Lowell Gauge out of my case, after not looking at it
for
> a month or so, to use it to check the bearing on this piano I was
> inspecting and much to my surprise, the little tiny bubble had grown
to
> a rather large bubble.  No evidence of leakage.  I'm wondering what I
> can do about it.  It looks like the liquid inside is anti-freeze (sort
> of greenish).  Can one replace the fluid to the proper level leaving a
> small little bubble instead of a large useless bubble?  Or can I buy
> another one somewhere?  
> 
> David Love

If the bubble is getting bigger, the vial is breached. It's doomed. 
Meanwhile, the edge of the bubble can still be used for the usual 
relative bearing measurements until the bubble has too much of the 
vial to allow a measurement. Then, you need a replacement.

Ron N
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