This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Suggestion - it won't be original, but it'll be good - I once restrung = an old grand that I received with no strings. David Sanderson created a = new scale from scratch and the piano sounded and worked great. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: D.L. Bullock=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: Weber Concert Grand scaling, Sostenuto rail I am stringing a 1908 Weber concert grand just under 9 feet long. It = was restrung by a hack 30-40 years ago. It has an open, compound pin = block. I was able to remove the plate before cranking out the pins =20 The problem? The string scale cannot possibly be the original. I = have never seen any Weber in the Travis book or in my experience that = started on a wire size smaller than 13 gauge string and this one had 12 = gauge on it. The scale that was on this piano has three spots where = the size changes with a space one number and a half wide. This does not = follow any Weber scales I have seen. There are 66 unisons of non wound = wire above the break. I am wondering if it originally had wound strings = on the tenor side of the break.The lowest tenor strings were only 20.5 = gauge. Perhaps they scaled it thin to lessen the pressure on the = soundboard which was flattening out and cracked even back then. When I = get through recrowning the soundboard it will be back up to par once = again and I need the original scale to put back on it. The customer is a concert pianist and is adamant that he wants the = factory scaling if at all possible. This is 1908 supposedly after the = sale of Weber to AEolian, so I am not sure earlier pre merger piano = scales would be right. Has anyone rebuilt any of this model of concert grand? Also, does anyone have a source for sostenuto rail material. I must = make a new one for this piano also, as it is missing. Thanks for your help. D.L. Bullock www.thepianoworld.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/24/1c/cd/7e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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