<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>By the way the conversion tool can be downloaded for free from <A href="http://joshmadison.net/software/convert/download.php">http://joshmadison.net/software/convert/download.php</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Paul Tizzard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Cape Town </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>South Africa</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=ptizzard@mweb.co.za href="mailto:ptizzard@mweb.co.za">Paul Tizzard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:31 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Torque measurement</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>With all the the talk [torque:)] about the Essex's loose tuning pins, I have wondered what measurement unit you guys over there use. I have a small conversion program on my computer and it has torque measurements in, amongst others; <STRONG>pound-force foot</STRONG> <STRONG>(lbf-ft) </STRONG>and <STRONG>pound-force inch (lbf-in)</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>If one converts this to metric;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>1 <STRONG>pound-force foot</STRONG> = 0.1382552 <STRONG>kilogram-force meter (kgf-m)</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>1 <STRONG>pound-force inch</STRONG> = 0.1152124 <STRONG>kilogram-force meter (kgf-m)</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Paul Tizzard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Cape Town</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>South Africa</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>