> I am not a rescaler, I’ve had Del Fandrich do my scaling and invariably > with Steinways there are changes made to the bass that are always an > improvement in terms of clarity. I can only say that what I notice is > the tendency in the low bass to reduce the thickness of the core wire > and go to double wraps. I can’t, unfortunately, give you the specifics. > > David Love There are a few of us that do scaling work for others. Smaller core diameters and double wrapped monochords help. Building the bass bridge a few millimeters taller and putting in vertical (horizontal) hitches would likely help too. The hitch change would give you the best flexibility, and some prospecting room setting string bearing. Ron N
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