<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 08/07/02 22:55:12 GMT Daylight Time, djb122@y... writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">That's the Gillett eight, isn't it? I remember seeing their headstocks<BR>
at Taylor's last year for new gudgeons and bearings - the headstocks<BR>
were the type that are exact copies of Taylor ones.<BR>
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They may look alike but they are very different in construction! The tapers which the gudgeons fit inot are very much steeper than Taylors & are more prone to breakage.<BR>
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Matthew</FONT></HTML>