<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Dale writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial size=3>Forget bridge slope & cant, iI don't think it matters.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Hi Dale, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">I don't know if that's an assumption I'm comfortable making. It's true that it's the total bearing that affects the impedance, and that's what this gauge measures. It's also true that clamping due to side bearing <EM>probably</EM> overcomes negative front (or rear) bearing where the total bearing is positive, but I'd rather have a complete picture of the front and rear bearing as well as the total.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">I carry a couple of these (thinner, about 5mm) for a quick go-no-go check of a problem piano in the field, but I'd rather have the whole picture when doing an assessment for real.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">I also haven't found a way to use them to set up a bridge on a new soundboard. Were you saying that you have?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob Davis</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>