Thanks, Tom. That's what I was looking for to recommend to Marshall. We have a very good blink tech here in Houston, \but as far as I've been able to find out, he doesn't have an e-mail address. Avery At 10:03 PM 6/3/2006, you wrote: >pianotune05 wrote: >>I'm curious, where would one see size 23 wire? >>Marshall > >I have used really thick pieces of wire for splicing broken bass >strings on concert grands. Otherwise, it is very rare to see a #23 string. > >I was just reading on line about the Smith-Kettlewell micrometer >which is recommended by a sight-impaired piano technician in San Francisco: > >"For general use in making precision measurements of mechanical dimensions. > >This is a standard mechanical micrometer which has been adapted with >an expanded braille scale. The scale is on a drum whose diameter is >larger than the "thimble" on which visual markings are inscribed. > >Can be used by blind machinists, automotive repair technicians, >piano tuners, electronics and fabrications technicians, etc." >Regards, >Tom Cole -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060603/af5d153e/attachment.html
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