<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV>I would consider having someone recalculate the scale.  It often yields improvements and you just don't know what the original intention was.  Also, MH A's, and many other pianos, will vary in speaking lengths from piano to piano so I find it's better to just run the numbers again.  Make note of the original scaling and give that info to the person who will recalculate the tensions for you to insure that you don't deviate wildly from the overall tension level of the original--low versus high tension.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com href="mailto:pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com">Paul Kupelian</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=Caut@ptg.org href="mailto:Caut@ptg.org">Caut@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/11/2004 6:54:09 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> FW: M & H Stringing scale</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Paul Kupelian [mailto:pkupeli1@twcny.rr.com] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Thursday, June 10, 2004</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">10:40 PM</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> 'caut-bounces@ptg.org'<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> M & H Stringing scale</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi,</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any out there have a stringing scale for a Mason & Hamlin A about 1913, SN 22219.  The ones in the Travis book do not match what I recorded for our project piano and now we are trying to figure out if I was wrong or it just wasn’t listed.  Everything is fine until I get to the last thirteen unisons.  I had written down the following: 6 #18, 11 #19, and 2 #20.  The Travis book we have is an old one (circa 1961) and the closest scale in that area was: 9 #19, 1 #19-1/2, 1 #20 and 1 #21.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are trying to figure out if the scale I have; (a) exits in a later addition or, (b) will work.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paul</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>