Stringing Scales

[Mark Dierauf]

>>          Hmmmm......  we are  using several vague terms here, like "little
>>difference", "within reason" , and "noticable difference",  so I don't know
>>that any of us will be able to be definitive on these points.

  I'm talking about changes of one whole size or less, especially above the
bottom of the temperment octave.

>>     Several of these odd scaled pianos were not done so long ago,  maybe 20
>>years.
>>The difference in new vs. old wire doesn't account for the improvement in
>>tone, tunability, or percieved power, and the customers, everyone of them,
>>have noticed a big difference in the sound, usually stating that the pianos
>>sound much more harmonious, solid, and "in-tune". (these are all equally
>>tempered pianos BTW).

  I just re-restrung a Knabe grand where the old block had failed within 3 years
of restringing, and the new wire sounded "better", i.e., much more harmonious,
solid, and "in-tune". This was true both where I changed the wire size and where
I did not.

>>     Once again,  I think scales are important to the sound of an instrument,
>>stringing a piano with only 6 sizes of wire is going to leave a lot of room
>>for  improvement.

  I absolutely agree, and I always design my own treble wire scales, as with the
right software, it is less time consuming than measuring all the old wire
anyway.

		Mark Dieruf
		Concord, NH