Another Broadwood

[Peter KESTENS]

Dell,

Why, if you replace the old soundboard don't you put on new strings?  Only
for not knowing the original scale?  I know somebody with an old guy (I hope
like this one) and will looking for thestring scale if it's mentionned.  I
hope the best for you.

Greetings,

Peter
't MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENATELIER
PETER KESTENS
BELGIUM
KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
Aan: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Datum: donderdag 26 maart 1998 6:08
Onderwerp: Another Broadwood


>The List:
>
>Well, I have another Broadwood question. (No, I don't know why we keep
getting these
>things...)
>
>This one is a more-or-less straight strung 7' 9" or 10" grand. We were
given a number --
>8454 -- which may be the serial number. (The piano came to us in pieces. We
are only
>putting in a new soundboard and making new bridges.) The piano has an 85
note scale. There
>are 8 mono-chord wrapped unisons, 3 bi-chord wrapped unisons and 8
tri-chord wrapped
>unisons. It is extremely slender at the foot. The plate is made basically
in two parts, a
>hitch pin panel and a tuning pin panel. The struts are separate pieces. It
all interlocks
>rather cleverly with a minimal number of bolts.
>
>Now for the problem: The piano was taken apart elsewhere and no record
exists of the
>original stringing scale. Although we are not going to be stringing the
piano I have been
>asked to furnish some idea of an appropriate stringing scale. My question
is, does anyone
>have any idea what the original stringing scale tensions may have been
like?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Del
>