[pianotech] string height gauge

[Nicholas Gravagne]

I've also been using the I/O tape measure with the little window for many
years. A good practice is to measure at points on the strings where the
hammers actually make contact and not at some arbitrary point along the
string. I like to push the tape up to the underside of the string, hold it
there and lock the device, double check a snug fit between keybed and
string, then relax and notate the readout (sometimes with a flashlight).
Check it twice and notate in both metric and inches.

NG

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft <
alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I agree. Best measuring device I have used for string height measurement.
>
> Al -
> High Point, NC
>
>
>
> On Mar 21, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:
>
> I have an inside/outside tape measure very similar to this one.  I love it.
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lewis Newman <musicbased at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 10:17 am
> Subject: [pianotech] string height gauge
>
> Hello,
>
> Would anyone be able to recommend a good tool for measuring the string
> heights in mm?-Is there any digital ones nowadays?...
> My gauge is the only thing i use that is not metric, and i find it very
> confusing!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lewis.
> <Oct10TTTEHp4 Pianotek Inside-Outside Measuring Tape.JPG>
>
>


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Nick Gravagne, RPT
AST Mechanical Engineering
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