Dave; Taken from Baldwin service manuel the models " M"5'2"SA; "M" 5"2 SA*; or "M-2"5'2" treble wire scale is as follows; M(SA) M-2 M(SA)* 13 4 3 3 131/2 4 4 4 14 4 4 4 141/2 5 4 4 15 6 8 8 151/2 6 6 6 16 6 6 6 161/2 8 8 8 17 6 6 6 18 4 4 4 19 2 2 2 20 2 2 2 21 2 - 2 * indicates "M" with acujust hitchpins Hope this helps you out Jay On Sep 11, 2007, at 5:20 PM, Dave McKibben wrote: > > Hello great list: > > I have to re-string a Baldwin 5'2" grand serial # 211476 which the > pierce > atlas shows to be a 1975 vintage. > When taking the plain wire strings off and mic'ing them, I see that the > wire gage used went from 19 to 13 with no 1/2 steps in wire gage size. > I don't claim to be knowledgeable in string scaling, so I would like > to ask > if someone may know...........does this seem normal for this era > Baldwin?? > I am curious before re-stringing as found. > > Thanks > Dave > > DavesPianotuning at earthlink.net > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/ > 858-776-2516 > >
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