<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=collin.s@skynet.be = href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be">Stéphane Collin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 17, 2003 = 2:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> strings measures</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hello to all.<BR><BR>Does anyone have a good trick for acurately measuring string diameters while still in the piano ?<BR>I normally = use a micrometer on broken strings, but it is impossible to put it between = the strings that are still in place.  I found that caliper = measurements are not accurate enough for proper use.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Stéphane = Collin.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just loosen the string enough so I can get the micrometer = around it, then tune it back up.          = --David Nereson, RPT<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>