Hey, Don, That scale looks very odd. Reminds me of old Steinways where half the notes were 17 ga. I have been using Tremaine Parson's PScale for about ten years and I like it a lot for the plain wire section. It is very flexible and easy to use. Regards, Ken Z. On 11/29/05 4:39 PM, "Don McKechnie" <dmckech@ithaca.edu> wrote: > List, > > I'm about to embark on my first Bluthner restringing. Yes, it has the > aliquot strings. :-( The piano is from 1910 and measures 6'4". I do not > know enough about Bluthner to know if this instrument is the same as the > current model 6. > > When I measured the strings as they came off, I noticed that the bridge > marking was a half size larger than the string measurement. (ex: bridge > said 20, string measured 19 1/2) I'm guessing that is due to the metric > system measurement. Also, I noticed that a few of the strings did not > have the correct diameter as was marked on the bridge. It was not > apparent if the bridge markings are original or if the strings were > original. > > The following is the size marked on the bridge: > Notes Size > 27-28 20 1/2 > 29-30 20 > 31-32 19 1/2 > 33-34 19 > 35-36 18 1/2 > 37-38 18 > 39-40 17 1/2 > 41-43 17 > 44-46 16 1/2 > 47-49 16 > 50-56 15 1/2 > 57-71 15 > 72-79 14 1/2 > 80-88 14 > > Might anyone have a scale for this piano they are willing to share? I > have been thinking about trying the Parsons string scaling program. > Anyone have experience with this program and can recommend it? > > Thanks, > Don McKechnie > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529
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