<!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 6.00.2800.1555" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tip thread is not tapered but the head thread is.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are at least three tip thread sizes, none of which seem to be standard <g></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=reggaepass@aol.com href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Watanabe thread size?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">John,<BR><BR>I am not certain about his, but I have heard that most (if not all) tuning tip threads are tapered.  Anyone know for sure?<BR><BR>Alan Eder<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: John Formsma <<A href="mailto:formsma@gmail.com">formsma@gmail.com</A>><BR>To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 7:27 pm<BR>Subject: Watanabe thread size?<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_0_8cd33eb1-3760-47c0-823c-c2d319017945 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Anyone know what threads the Watanabe tip receives?<BR> <BR> The stud onto which the tip screws measures 9.49 mm X 0.85 pitch in<BR> metric. I'm guessing that's almost certainly *supposed* to be 9.5 mm.<BR> <BR> 9.5 mm is almost 3/8" -- just 0.0013" shy of it, in fact. A standard<BR> 3/8" with 30 threads per inch corresponds exactly to the stud<BR> threads...except for the very slight difference in diameter.<BR> <BR> So I'm thinking the 3/8" will work fine. The tip has enough play in<BR> it that it should screw on without any problem.<BR> <BR> Anyone know offhand?<BR> <BR> Thanks,<BR> <BR> JF<BR> </TT></PRE></DIV> <DIV class=AOLPromoFooter> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free <A href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970" target=_blank>AOL Mail</A>!<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>