[pianotech] Baldwin Model E

[Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft]

Thanks Ron, I'll talk to you about the next one I need to rescale before I 
get started.

Al


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From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:36 AM
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Baldwin Model E

> Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft wrote:
>> Ron? Del? David L? Care to jump in at this point? Should I rescale the 
>> wire strings on this piano? I'm keeping the original soundboard and 
>> bridges (customer didn't want to change them). Board could have a little 
>> more crown, but isn't too bad. Please email privately with what I need to 
>> do to proceed.
>>  Al
>
> There isn't a whole lot that can be done with just the plain wires, other 
> than determining tension levels, without changing speaking lengths. Most 
> of the benefits possible with the original bridges will be in the wrapped 
> strings. I doubt anyone would be interested in scaling the plain wire with 
> someone else doing the wrapped strings, and I wouldn't want to scale the 
> wrapped strings without getting a look at the rest of the scale to see 
> what best fits.
>
> It's all, ideally, supposed to work together.
>
> Ron N
>
>