>Hi Stephen, The thread ts usually a standard 1/8" pipe thread. > However some tips will not work while others will. The problem is in the >depth of the thread into the tip head. ... Hi Joe, It's the shaft/head joint that's the tapered pipe thread. I'm wondering about the tip/head joint which is the bizarre non-standard thread pitch of 30tpi not tapered. Stephen -- Dr Stephen Birkett, Associate Professor Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada N2L 3G1 Director, Waterloo Piano Systems Group Associate Member, Piano Technician's Guild E3 Room 3158 tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 fax: 519-746-4791 PianoTech Lab Room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett
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