Ron, Joe and those who have made downbearing gauges, Rookie downbearing questions... What would you consider an ideal design using a dial indicator? Pics?? How long a spread from end pin to end pin? Dial at one of the ends or in the middle? How much bearing should I shoot for? Depends on the season also I'm sure. How much bearing is too little? 1/32 or less? Too much?? This would cause difficulty tuning or possibly bridge cant I would guess? Mike Mike McCoy RPT Chapters 170 & 190 PTG Langhorne, Pa mailto:mjmccoy@usa.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Downbearing gauge > > > > Not possible, since the degrees figured from this sort of gage depends on > > > the pin row spacing on the bridge... > > > >That makes sense, of course. Didn't think about the effect of varied > >spacing. > > There is one thing. The three legged gage type with a solid pin at one end, > one in the middle, and the dial at the other end can get pretty close to > giving you meaningful measurements with the two legs on the speaking or > rear duplex and the dial plunger on the bridge segment. Wrapped strings are > a problem with these though. > > Bubble is better. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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