[pianotech] String scaling was BB Mason and Tenor Cross over

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Mon Dec 21 14:44:50 MST 2009


David Love wrote:
> That would concur with my experience on 9' pianos.  Those
> scales I've ordered have not come back with double wraps on
> the monos.  I don't tend to specify double or single wraps
> but rather order by dimension (inner core and outer
> diameter) and let the string maker decide the best way to
> achieve that.  On most everything up to a B that seems to
> result in double wrapped monochords, on the D single wrap
> seems to do the trick.

I specify "monochords double wrap where possible", and haven't 
seen a double wrap come back for a 9' piano yet.
Ron N


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