[pianotech] bass strings

[Ron Nossaman]

Tom Driscoll wrote:

>> Wouldn't matter if it were. Wrapped strings aren't included in the 
>> recorded scales, just plain wire.
>> Ron N
>>
> Ron,
> Good point !

It was always frustrating to me that the book supplied the 
math for scale evaluation, then didn't give us complete scales 
to play with and learn something from. It likely wasn't done 
for a couple of reasons. One being that most folks prior to 
that publication (and probably to the present) just sent 
wrapped strings to someone for duplication, and never measured 
a thing. So the scale data compiled to that point didn't have 
any speaking lengths or wrapped string data. Another being 
that someone would mistakenly expect to be able to order a 
replacement string from information in the book, without 
measuring the piano.

Still, it would have been, and still would be nice to have a 
source of scale data (speaking lengths, core, wrap) for the 
world's pianos, as an educational resource.
Ron N