<!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 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Nice trick!  If it has a mute pedal with felt = that drops in front of the hammers (like a U-1), that's pretty handy, too... at = least for the treble...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rochester, MN</FONT></DIV> <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=pianolover88@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianolover88@hotmail.com">pianolover 88</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> Tuesday, September 09, = 2003 9:47 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> vertical letoff</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <P>Just thought I'd share a little cool way I found to measure = vertical piano letoff quickly and accurately. Initially, a tech friend of mine showed = me three pieces of wood with that flexible magnetic strip on the back of = each. One for each section. About 1/4" thick for the bass, and 1/8th" for = the treble. </P> <P>Since I have a regulating job tomorrow, and didn't have time to = hunt down the various items, I thought I'd rummage around the shop to see what I = could come up with. Oh, the magnet doesn't stick to the copper windings, so = no use for the magnetic strip there. Anyway, I found a couple of wood paint = stirring things and discovered that they are just about exactly 1/8th" thick! = The next finding is that when you sandwich two together you have letoff for the = bass! And the best part is, no magnet needed as they sit right on top of the = dampers and stay there right up against the strings and right at the strike = point. Cheap, fast, effective! Of course, someone probably thought of this = LONG before I did; or maybe not.</P> <P>Terry Peterson </P></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV><BR clear=all> <HR> <A href="http://g.msn.com/8HMUENUS/2734??PS=">Need more e-mail = storage? Get 10MB with Hotmail Extra Storage. </A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>