scaling, was wire size

[Tom Servinsky]

Avery,
 I have the existing scale.
Tom Servinsky
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avery" <avery1 at houston.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: scaling, was wire size


> 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
>
>