---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Leave well enough alone. Have the bass rescaled and put your efforts into the action and dampers. Regards, Jon Page At 11:55 PM 11/25/2000 -0800, you wrote: >I'm curious -- How easy/hard is it to change the number of strings per >note on a few notes when you're restringing a piano (but not replacing the >plate (of course!) or pinblock)? For example maybe there's 2 wound >strings per note in a section and the technician wants to change it to 3 >plain, or 1 wound to 2 wound. My family has an old Hallet & Davis 52 1/2" >upright (serial #107906 made in 1921) which has 1 string per note from A1 >to B15, 2 strings per note from C16 to A#26, 3 strings per note from B27 >to C88. It needs some work (new hammers, bass strings (probably all >strings) replaced, tuning pins seem to still be holding tune but was >almost 1/4 step out of tune after about 2 1/2 to 3 years of sitting), >basically a minor rebuilding job. If I changed the stringing scale, I >would extend the 2 strings per note down to A13 or G11 (currently lowest >2-string note is C16) -- what would be your advice on that? > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/93/29/17/41/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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