[LETTER TYPED ON ERNST & YOUNG LETTERHEAD] ERNST & YOUNG Goodwin Square Phone: 203 247 3100 225 Asylum Street Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street N.W. Washington, DC 20549 We have read Item 4 of Form 8-K dated March 4, 1994, of Barnes Group Inc. and are in agreement with the statements contained in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 5 on pages 2 and 3 therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with paragraph 4 on page 2 therein. [SIGNATURE] Ernst & Young