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Pitch Perfect: Standard Over Custom Eases Costs

Circular pitch, diametral pitch, and module – what is pitch anyway?

What is perfect pitch? In music, it is the ability to identify notes without any point of reference. It can be best described as being able to hear a tone and being able to identify or reproduce the note without any reference. In gearing, pitch is defined as the distance between two identical points on two adjacent gear teeth. There is no perfect pitch in gearing, but there are several choices to consider.

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Brian Dengel

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