Hi John, My M & H "A" has this type of stringing in one section, 1 tie-one loop. The factory must have had a reason. James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth pianoman@inlink.com " Is recreation the same as re-creation?.". ---------- > From: John R Fortiner <pianoserv440@juno.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Hardman Uprt. #52032 > Date: Monday, May 04, 1998 10:04 PM > > Dear List: > I have just started restringing a Hardman upright. I have the > original scaling for the piano, but I do not believe that I have the > correct stringing pattern. > The info that I wrote on the plate tells me that the first wire > of the first 13 unisons, excluding wound wires, is a tied wire, and that > the other two wires are "looped" around a hitch pin - therefore two hitch > pins per trichord unison for the first 13 unisons. > IF I follow this pattern for the first 12 ( not a typo ) unisons, > I am left with 18 unisons and 27 hitch pins - sounds just right for a > more typical stringing where the wires are looped around each hitch pins > and where different unisons share common hitch pins. The problem - if I > do this the wires leaving the hitch pins are approaching the lower bridge > pins at "strange" angles, not parallel with the first 12 unisons' wires. > IF I follow this pattern for one more unison (13) I am short one > hitch pin. > To make this as short as possible, have any of you restrung one > of these? > If so, do you have the stringing pattern record and will you > please share it with me? BTW the only identification on the plate is the > letter "K" > The original scaling on this piano started out with #20 and went > down to #13 1/2. > > > Strung Out, > > John Fortiner > > pianoserv440@juno.com > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
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