Hi Jurgen Thanks & you are welcome. You can use them in the bass. Just make one with a long arm & in the end of the arm facing down install a flat head screw. Retract the screw so it's flush with the bottom face of the gauge. Place the gauge on the speaking length of the bass string so the screw is just over the plain wire in front of the bridge pin. In this position there is a big gap between the plain wire & the screw. Turn the screw down till it touches the wire. Now you're ready to check bearing however the gauge on the speaking length must stay positioned on the copper & can not be held flush against the pin which will scew the results slightly but still you're in the ball park. I dont' touch down on the any portion of the loop but only on the single strand of wire. Close is good enough here in my Opinion. Dale Dale, thanks for the recent photos of your bearing gauges. What do you do for the bass sections? Can these be used in the bass? Do you measure the OD of the bass strings and do the math to come up with the deflection? Or is it impossible to snug the gauge up to the bridge pins in the low bass due to the thickness of the strings? Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply (250) 754-2440 info at pianofortesupply.com http://www.pianofortesupply.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070509/8871eede/attachment.html
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