<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: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greeetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        Thanks for all previous help on Kaps piano questions. I have one more... If I CA the pinblock of this Kaps piano, I would like to make a downbearing measurement <EM><STRONG>first</STRONG></EM> before I do <EM>anything</EM>. How do I measure that? WHo sells a good gage instrument for this, and how do I use it? What am I looking for?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>By the way... I always use the word "dope" even though I mean CA glue, when I am explainging the "loose tuning pin " problem and how to remedy it to the customer.......After all .....how professional does it sound if you tell them you are going to put Krazy Glue in their block?!!...they'd probably say " Ummm....no thanks" and then think , "Woah...I better call a <EM>professional </EM>tuner"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So...who sells a good downbearing gage? How do I use it?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>THanks</DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/24/2006 9:38:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, avery1@houston.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>>If "doping" the pinblock is an effort to make tuning pins hold at a <BR>>tension commensurate to that needed to tune the piano at a standard <BR>>pitch, then, if the treatment is successful, and the piano is then <BR>>brought up to that standard pitch, the total tension on the <BR>>instrument will be higher than in it's untunable state and (big <BR>>caveat coming...) if there is any downbearing on the bridge, there <BR>>will be more pressure on the bridge.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>