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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Wim, Thanks for doing all the =
research. Those
were some of the things I was wondering about, myself. I usually use =
what must
be #9's for the bass, going to 7's for the treble. (Two different =
voicing
tools.)</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@aol.com =
href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>
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<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> Wednesday, October 24, =
2001 3:44
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> needle update</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>I went to =
the fabric
store, and got educated. First of all, I must apologize. I gave the =
wrong
price information. The packages of 10 needles was only a buck. The box =
of 100
pins was $2.50. <BR><BR>I bought #7 needles. There were no #17 =
needles.
However, there were #17 and #20 pins. In the interest of science, I =
splurged,
and spent another buck on a package of assorted sizes, 3 - 9, just to =
see how
they measured up. <BR><BR>Here are the needle measurements. <BR>#3. =
= .024"
<BR>#5. = .028" <BR>#7. = .032" <BR>#9. = .036" <BR>#17 pin came =
in at .026",
and the #20's were bigger than that. (I didn't buy a box of #20 pins). =
<BR>Each needle size was also a mm longer than the previous size. =
<BR><BR>It
would seem that the pin sizes are different from the needle sizes. The =
#20
pins were longer than the #17 pins. <BR><BR>Roger said he uses #3 =
needle.
Pretty thin. But it probably goes in very easily. Roger, do you heat =
yours,
like Ed does? <BR><BR>Susan, what size do you use? And please explain =
again
how you use one needle, and push it in gently. Doesn't that take =
forever then
to voice a hammer? <BR><BR>Wim <BR><BR>PS. I first went to a SEW =
AND VAC
store (where they sell sewing machines and vacuum cleaners), looking =
for
needles. The owner only had needles for sewing machines, but asked me =
what I
wanted to sew? You should have seen the look on her face when I told =
what I
use needles for. She probably laughed her head off after I =
left.</FONT>
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