<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>     Greg</DIV> <DIV>   Some techs do not rebuild but only use them to see if ther= e is any residual bearing left in the 90 year old almost flat or flat  = board. Under those conditions it's difficult to tell anything with the gauge= because of the bridge slope towards the rear & a sunken crown/bridge as= well  One gets really funky ideas of whats there &  not = there if you know what I mean. </DIV> <DIV> As to your useage , yes of course this what they're for. I wasn't= looking for trick answers. It would be nice if the gauge were fashione from= cast brass or iron for a more solid seat on the string.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Dale,<BR><X-TAB>     =    </X-TAB>Uh, I'm not sure what type of an answer your looki= ng for here but I'll take a stab at it. I'm needing to set plate height duri= ng the course of a rebuild and check for down bearing during the course of e= valuating a piano. Isn't that what their for?<BR><BR>Greg<BR><BR>At 10:45 AM= 6/1/2004, you wrote:<BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial>In a mes= sage dated 6/1/2004 5:23:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, gnewell@ameritech.net = writes:<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD><FONT face=Arial>Thanks Dale. I've been doing just that but I'm not ha= ppy with the repeatability of measurements. There's just got to be a better = way. Any other gauges out there? I seem to remember a Journal article with a= dial gauge of some kind. Am I dreaming?<BR><BR></FONT> <DD><FONT face=Arial>Greg Newell<BR><BR></FONT></DD></DL><FONT face=Aria= l>    Gregg</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>