<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>In a message dated 8/30/2006 2:24:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, pianotech@tollidee.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hi Julie,<BR>Do you have any numbers for the piano's tuning pin torque?  Are they <BR>below 50 in/lbs? Below 30?<BR>Numbers would help to know how loose the pins really are. <BR>I wonder if anyone has numbers on the amount of side bearing difference <BR>between 30 cents flat, and up-to-pitch, that would be helpful.<BR>I should have gone into math <g>  always wanting more numbers!<BR><BR>Jonathan Finger RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        How does one measure this? Where can I get a gage for such measurements?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In the business 39 months as of Sept 1st</DIV> <DIV>Thanks</DIV> <DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV></BODY></HTML>