OR, just rescale. I have used David Sanderson for my bass strings and rescaling -"add a foot" to that little piano! He does fabulous work. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:15 PM Subject: RE: mic strings first > Ric, > > I checked Travis' _A Guide to Restringing,_ and found 3 Knabe 5' 1" scales. > There is a scale "50," which has 4 unisons of # 13, 4 unisons of # 13.5, and > 4 unisons of # 14. There is a scale "58," which has 10 unisons of # 13.5, > and 6 of # 14. There is also a 5' 1", #118444, which has 10 unisons of # > 13.5 and 6 unisons of # 14. > > Maybe this will help. > > John Formsma > Blue Mountain, MS > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf > Of Rickeys88@AOL.COM > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 8:20 PM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: mic strings first > > > Hello List, > > I de-strung a Knabe 5'1" "grand" last weekend but I did so in haste. I > assumed too much when I saw string gauge markings on the plate. Now that > the strings are long gone and I can't mic them, I've got a problem. I'm > looking at the tuning pin holes for note #88 and there is no size mark. > Size14 starts at 9 notes left of the treble end. I assume I'm missing the > size mark for that end group of 8. Or is it possible that its marked > starting from the left and the last group of 9 notes would be size 14 ? If > I had to go it alone I would guess that the end 4 notes would be size 13 > then > the next 4 to the left would be 13.5 and then on to 14. > > Thanks in advance. > > Ric Forcier > NJ > >
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