<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'>Yes! and its only $309.00...I want one. Now...whatadoIdowithit? <div>I love gadgets<br> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: paul bruesch <paul@bruesch.net><br> To: Larry Fisher RPT <larry_fisher@pdxtuner.com>; pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 6:47 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Prof. Schloetz's Tonometer<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_596ba7bd-c1bc-4beb-8933-38ca4b284d79"> Google asked if I meant <prof. schioetz tonometer>... and then gave up <a target="_blank" href="http://www.richmondproducts.com/shop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1073">this link</a>. <div><br> </div> <div>Paul Bruesch</div> <div>Stillwater, MN</div> <div>(receiving inline photos just fine here on pianotech listserve)</div> <div>(and successfully sending things in angle brackets, too)<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Larry Fisher RPT <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:larry_fisher@pdxtuner.com">larry_fisher@pdxtuner.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Calibri'"> <div>While working for a dealership as an employee (a rather short gig) a young man handed me this gem from his recently deceased grandfather’s estate.  He had no clue as to it’s origin or purpose.  I gave him a few bucks and kept it in a drawer hoping to find an answer someday.</div> <div> </div> <div>The device is quite sensitive and comes with different weights (one has a 7.5 stamped on it and the other a 10).  You can see it measures in the middle of the scale when balanced on top of a pool ball.  There’s a small disk with a curved surface that is used for calibration purposes.  The scale has no indication of units and spreads from zero to twenty.  The numbers 2227 are stamped to the left of the scale. D.B.G.M. is stamped on the back of this scale.</div> <div> </div> <div>I’ve had thoughts of placing it on a bratwurst or knackwurst to check for firmness and such but I’d hate to get it dirty.  </div> <div> </div> <div> <img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE:none;BORDER-BOTTOM:0px;BORDER-LEFT:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;DISPLAY:inline;BORDER-TOP:0px;BORDER-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px" title="PB031351" border="0" alt="PB031351" src="cid:D3CF9AAF37414535A0902C188AFEF01D@LarryPC" width="644" height="484">  <img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE:none;BORDER-BOTTOM:0px;BORDER-LEFT:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;DISPLAY:inline;BORDER-TOP:0px;BORDER-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px" title="PB031350" border="0" alt="PB031350" src="cid:19C4364A69AB4DC7AE22114B8769E623@LarryPC" width="644" height="484">    <img style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE:none;BORDER-BOTTOM:0px;BORDER-LEFT:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;DISPLAY:inline;BORDER-TOP:0px;BORDER-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px" title="PB031352" border="0" alt="PB031352" src="cid:BC47DCED2887416EA8F94C0624C99B4E@LarryPC" width="644" height="484"></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> <br> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font>