Correx gauge

[David Skolnik]

You might be interested in reviewing the recent mini discussion re: 
Correx & the Neuses alternative, which occurred on CAUT, as a 
response to David Ilvedson's posting of a question to both CAUT and 
Pianotech: Responses appear under both "correx tension gauge" and 
"tension gauges".

The most informative response I think, came from William 'Bill' 
Ballard, which, for your convenience, I will reproduce, without 
permission, here:




>Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:51:59 -0400
>From: william ballard <wbps at vermontel.net>
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] tension gauges
>
>On Jul 28, 2006, at 10:54 PM, David Skolnik wrote:
>>Not to belabor the point, but David Ilvedson's question I think
>>asked whether the Neuses was as accurate as the Correx.  Do you
>>have any direct experience with both tools that could address that
>>point?
>
>I bought my Neuses out of the Jensen Tools & Alloys catalog sometime
>around 1980, in their catalog as a means for adjusting relay springs.
>(I got the two other sizes, 50-0-50 and 0-150g.) One of the first
>things I did was to take it over to the Life Sciences building at
>Dartmouth College where my father taught for decades. He set me up
>with a gram scale with an optically magnified scale which read, as I
>remember, in 0.01 gram increments.
>
>I had the Neuses attached to a post so that I could concentrate on
>keeping the spring level on the scale platen as I applied more force,
>so that I didn't have to worry about holding it.
>
>At each of the one gram increments, it was within a few 0.01"s,
>accurate enough for me. That did require eyeballing the spring leaf
>at dead level with the marks on the Neuses scale body. Necessary, but
>not especially difficult.
>
>On Jul 28, 2006, at 2:11 PM, David Skolnik wrote:
>>If the Correx could read fractions of a gram, with a digital
>>readout, it would shoot to the top region of my list of "to gets" .
>
>I don't know what resolution (size of increments) you need within 1g,
>but I've had no problem dividing the space between 1g marks into 4 or
>even 5 parts. I'm happy being able to measure to the nearest 0.2g.
>
>mrbl
>wbps at vermontel.net
>
>Pray For Peace
>+++++++++



>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:52:48 -0700
>From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: correx tension gauge
>
>List,
>
>Is the Correx tension gauge the "state of the art" tool for center 
>pins?  I have the Neuses simple gauge but is it accurate enough...?
>David Ilvedson, RPT
>Pacifica, CA 94044


At 06:23 PM 8/8/2006, you wrote:
>I am interested in a Correx gauge. I know it is expensive but would 
>like to know if anyone uses this gauge and is happy with it. Also 
>does anyone know a good source for purchasing this gauge?
>
>Jack Houweling



David Skolnik


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