Dear John and All,
No, there's no hidden metric here. The Stuart & Sons 2.9 metre grand piano
is just that 2.9 metres - it was designed that way, the steel frame was cast
to suit that dimensions, and all the parts were made and fitted using
millimetres.
Specifying the string diameters in micrometres had an added advantage, in
that it cut through all the old gauge numbers nonsense.
You can find Stuart & Sons web page at www.stuartandsons.com
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
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on 2002/02/15 15.26, kilopascal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 2002-02-14
>
> But, are the metric lengths and diameters of the parts real metric or hidden
> FFU? Is 2.9 m just a metric way of expressing 9-1/2 feet, or is 2 .9 m the
> intended length without any focus on FFU? And the diameters in micrometres,
> are they also rational numbers of hidden FFU. Working in metric to hidden
> FFU is the same as working in FFU.
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, 2002-02-14 22:07
> Subject: [USMA:18213] Re: Musical ifp? Was:Re: Re: Typographic units
>
>
>> Dear Han and All,
>>
>> on 2002/02/13 19.01, Han Maenen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> However, I suspect that the industry that makes musical instruments is
>>> overwhelmingly ifp.
>>>
>>> Han
>>
>> We have a piano maker in Australia, Stuart and Sons', who make all of
> their
>> pianos using only metric measures; for example the 2.9 metre grand piano
> has
>> its string diameters specified in micrometres.
>>
>> I don't know about other instrument makers, but I was lucky enough to work
>> with Wayne Stuart as he developed his ideas for a new Australian piano.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Pat Naughtin
>> CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
>> - United States Metric Association
>> ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
>> - National Speakers Association of Australia
>> Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
>> --
>>
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