I've heard it suggested that the highest 5-6 notes can be re-capped and the scale fudged enough so as to work acceptably with shortened lengths. Haven't tried it but have looked at scales enough to think this might be an acceptable fix. Not too much work involved really. RicB I've measured the speaking length of C-88 on many of these pianos. It varies quite a bit from one piano to the next but I've found them as long as 63 mm. Using 0.030" (#12 1/2) wire this gives a string tension of approximately 223 lbs (101 kgf) which is about 80% of the breaking strength of most music wire. snip... This is, at best, a patch. What you (or somebody) really needs to do is recap the bridge and reduce the speaking length to something a bit more reasonable. Del Delwin D Fandrich
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