This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Nice trick! If it has a mute pedal with felt that drops in front of the = hammers (like a U-1), that's pretty handy, too... at least for the = treble... --Cy Shuster-- Rochester, MN ----- Original Message -----=20 From: pianolover 88=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 9:47 PM Subject: vertical letoff Just thought I'd share a little cool way I found to measure vertical = piano letoff quickly and accurately. Initially, a tech friend of mine = showed me three pieces of wood with that flexible magnetic strip on the = back of each. One for each section. About 1/4" thick for the bass, and = 1/8th" for the treble.=20 Since I have a regulating job tomorrow, and didn't have time to hunt = down the various items, I thought I'd rummage around the shop to see = what I could come up with. Oh, the magnet doesn't stick to the copper = windings, so no use for the magnetic strip there. Anyway, I found a = couple of wood paint stirring things and discovered that they are just = about exactly 1/8th" thick! The next finding is that when you sandwich = two together you have letoff for the bass! And the best part is, no = magnet needed as they sit right on top of the dampers and stay there = right up against the strings and right at the strike point. Cheap, fast, = effective! Of course, someone probably thought of this LONG before I = did; or maybe not. Terry Peterson=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Need more e-mail storage? Get 10MB with Hotmail Extra Storage. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/18/ed/85/0a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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