Viennese

[Richard Brekne]

Ooooo... this could be interesting... I assume you mean lower the 
tension of the stringing scale to handle a (an assumed)  higher pitch ?  
But lowering tension has other consequencies as well.... I look forward 
to the responses

RicB

Carl Meyer wrote:

>I've agreed to restring a Viennese action grand piano.  I've forgotten the
>brand,  the atlas doesn't list it anyway.  Of course I told him it wasn't
>worth doing etc etc, but he wants it done.  Bought it at auction and wants
>to take lessons.  Yada yada yada.
>
>I'd like to rescale it to allow it to be tuned to a440.  If anyone can tell
>me what pitch they were tuned at originally I can use pscale to scale it so
>that the total tension will be the same at 440 as it was at what ever the
>original pitch was.  I did this for an old Collard & Collard recently.
>Worked out okay.
>
>It's now at two half steps flat of 440.
>
>Anybody know what the typical pitch was for these or must I use a diving
>rod?
>
>Thanks
>
>Carl Meyer Ptg assoc
>Santa Clara, Ca.
>
>_______________________________________________
>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
>
>  
>