Scaling...comment on wrong string size

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Hi Julia,
Where did you go to "tuning school?"
Marshall
ps. I grew up in the Philly area and I've never heard of one in PA.  Did you have to travel far to attend one?
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  From: KeyKat88 at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 11:30 PM
  Subject: Re: Scaling...comment on wrong string size


  Greetings, 

          Yes, gage makes a difference.  At tuning school, I was playing one of the pianos in the tuning caves. (a name we called the booths where you practice tuning) C76 sounded awful. It was different somehow and even though it was in tune, it didnt match in timbre of the other notes in that area.

          Here, one of the tuning students had broken the string, and replaced it with a string about 2 sizes larger than required. This was one of those things that I was fortuate enough as a student to see what NOT to do.

  Julia
  Reading, PA  
  In a message dated 6/6/2006 8:47:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, Erwinspiano at aol.com writes:
    of a C-7 I once strung change dramatically by a simple 1/2 wire size 
    > increase. ........................   
    >     It was a long time ago.  I was trying to beef up the sound.  It did, 
    > but I didnt' like the overall tonal pallete as much. Live & string
    >   Dale
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