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<DIV><SPAN class=348494505-01102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>So
what's "a good scale program" - preferable to =
pScale?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Joe
Garrett<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:14 =
PM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: micrometers.....<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl said: "<FONT face="Times New =
Roman"
size=3>I've long used a dial caliper for it. Caught hell from =
jumpin'
Joe Garrett<BR>of the tool police for being too cheap to buy a
micrometer.<BR><BR>I think a caliper is plenty accurate for measuring
wire. After all we are<BR>mainly checking an original scale and =
one or
two thousands make little<BR>difference on the graph. We really =
just
want to see the general shape of<BR>the tension/ inh curve. =
Pscale then
give an accurate dimension for the new<BR>strings which is the =
important
thing."</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Jumpin' Joe" here!<G> If you =
believe all
of the above crap, then I've wasted a whole lot of my time, in our
conversations, for naught! :-( Cheap-ass calipers are NOT =
accurate
enough to do the job. AND, if all you're looking at is "tension/inh =
curve",
then you're wasting everyone's time/energy/money, including your own! =
"one or
two thousands" makes a helluva lot of difference in music wire/scales. =
That's
why they made the damned stuff in .001" increments! Duh!<G> BTW, =
why
don't you get a good scale program?<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(BTW, Carl & I are kindred =
spirits of like
mind, MOST of the time. He's just a cheapskate, who likes to =
rattle my
cage every once in a while.<G>hehe)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>