<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <title>Re: Brumley trim-gauge</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <style> v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } o\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } w\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } .shape { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } </style> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang="EN-US" vlink="#800080" link="#0000ff" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div align="left"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'">Pianotek has something similar that I use...<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@comcast.net> </piano57@comcast.net><br/>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> </pianotech@ptg.org><br/>Received: 6/27/2008 4:57:50 PM<br/>Subject: Re: Brumley trim-gauge<br/><br/> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks Dave. I thought the beauty of the Brumley was to have a multi-use tool, too, that packs easily in a tool kit.  The 4" Brumley only expands to 7"--  And then the next size is 8".  Dang.   There are other things it can be used for, like placing hardware and some other things that if my brain wasn't fried and I had my notes in front of me, I could tell you about.  ;-)</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Actually, I use a German-made tape measure that I got from Ford Piano Supply (yikes, if that doesn't date me!), which has a window on the "box"--the measurement read there includes the box.  It's standard and metric. Maybe I'll take a picture of it.  I've asked a couple piano suppliers to look into carrying it, but no luck so far.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Barbara Richmond</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" 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="dporritt@mail.smu.edu" href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">Porritt, David</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> Friday, June 27, 2008 12:27 PM</div> <div style="font: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> RE: Brumley trim-gauge</div> <div><br/></div> <div class="Section1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d">Barbara:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d">Are you familiar with this string height gauge on page 70 of the new Schaff Catalog?  I’ve had this one for 30 years.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d"><img id="Picture_x0020_2" height="1039" alt="0627081213.jpg" src="cid:image001.jpg@39629.6642203704.323" width="344"/></span><span style="color: #1f497d"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d">David M. Porritt, RPT</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d"><a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><span style="color: blue">dporritt@smu.edu</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d"> </span></p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">On Jun 26, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:</p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><br/><br/></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Allen,</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">It's in the May issue of the Journal in TT & T.  Speaking of the BrumleyTrim-Gauge, I talked with its maker, Steve Brumley, and told him how I would like to see at least a 5" or 6" gauge so it could be used for measuring string height.  He was interested that piano technicians would find it useful.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Barbara Richmond</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'"> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></span> </div> </body> </html>