Don, I'd check with James Reeder, the Blüthner dealer for the USA. Also a tech. German Piano Imports LLC, 5660 W Grand River Lansing, MI 48906 517-886-6000 800-954-3200 At 04:39 PM 11/29/2005, you wrote: >List, > >I'm about to embark on my first Blüthner >restringing. Yes, it has the aliquot strings. >:-( The piano is from 1910 and measures 6'4". I >do not know enough about Blüthner 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 _______________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4017
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