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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Is the Lowel Downbearing Gauge not available
anymore?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Bill Ballard" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:yardbird@vermontel.net"><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 12:49
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Good at Machining WAS: Reading =
a Board
geometry</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT =
face=Arial
size=2>> At 9:15 PM -0400 10/4/03, </FONT><A
href="mailto:Crashvalve@aol.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Crashvalve@aol.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> =
wrote:<BR>>
>but I am good at machining, and recommend learning same to any =
piano<BR>>
>technician, if you want your dream tool you can just run it =
up.<BR>>
<BR>> I'm assuming you've got some sort of milling machine, not =
necessarily
<BR>> a Bridgeport. I bet you could do a good job of making a =
component
<BR>> downbearing gauge, the one with the adjustable inclination =
bubble
<BR>> mount. Someone send this guy a .jpg of one (not necessarily =
<BR>>
identifying its maker).<BR>> <BR>> Bill Ballard RPT<BR>> NH =
Chapter,
P.T.G.<BR>> <BR>> "Filing the bridgepins sure puts a sparkle on =
the
restringing, but is <BR>> best done before the plate is =
re-installed"<BR>>
...........recent shop journal entry<BR>>
+++++++++++++++++++++<BR>>
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