scaling, was wire size

[Avery]

Tom,

>This is from an old Kawai Service Manual I've 
>had since the 70's, I think. Anyway it was while 
>George Defebaugh was the National Technical Manager


At 03:12 PM 6/5/2006, you wrote:
>List,
>Just unstrung an older Kawai model 500 grand.  I 
>was astonished to see that their first wire size 
>was a #14. Thinking about rescaling this down in 
>tension a bit. Anyone out there have any 
>experience with rescaling this model?. This 
>looks like the pre-cursor to the  KG2 model.
>Tom Servinsky
>
>You're correct if I understand the chart 
>correctly. The 500 & KG-2 have the same scale.
>
>
>14  - 6
>14½ - 8
>15  - 4
>15½ - 6
>16  - 6
>16½ - 6
>17  - 6
>17½ - 6
>18  - 6
>18½ - 6
>19  - 2

Hope this helps.

Avery Todd
University of Houston