<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16705" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Barbara,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I made these and gave you one as a gift, It is an upright damper regulation gauge. Place on the strings and as</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you press the key you can watch through the Plexiglas for the damper timing. When the hammer hits the gauge</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you should see the damper wink.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Ron if you are nice I will give you one and you can enjoy doing more upright damper regulating.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack Houweling</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=piano57@comcast.net href="mailto:piano57@comcast.net">Barbara Richmond</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:49 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What is this?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmm.  I was going through my tools in anticipation of a regulating job and found this, umm, thingee with three magnets.  It was stuck to one of my tools that I used in a class in Anaheim .  I hadn't used that particular pack of tools this summer.  It's true that I was very tired when I got to California because I had squished in a bunch of work before I left.  There is the possibility that this belongs to one of the people that helped me in my class, or someone handed it to me, maybe as something for TT & T and I just don't remember, or I bought it and don't recall doing so.  Yikes!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this looks familiar and you gave it to me, or it belongs to you, please let me know.  Also, please let me know what it's for!  It's about 6 inches long, about 1 in tall the side that has the magnets is about 3/4" (I think).  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Man, I'm weirded out....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, IL</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>