Steinway bass string scales (fwd)

[nhunt@rci.rutgers.e]

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> Hi, All,
>     Mapes has scale sticks for all S&S pianos and will match the scale
> exactly if it is a "repair" string.
>     If it is a "replacement" _set_ then they shorten the lathe settings to
> you end up with shortened copper at the agraffe.
>     Earlier I kept wondering why the set I removed from a piano sounded
> better than the new set of strings.  Inharmonicity increases by the fourth
> power of the distance unwound.  As soon as I realized this I started sending
> in
> winding specifications instead of ordering a set by name, rank and serial
> number.
>     Often I find I can inprove a piano scale by designing my own strings
> and enjoy the process except the measuring procedure.
>     I don't think any factory will give out their scale specs to just any
> one, but they will sell you repacement strings or repacement sets, except some
> of the foreign people.
>           Newton
>           nhunt@rci.rutgers.edu