Jim Coleman, Sr. wrote: > The main reason for changing from 3 string unison plain wire in the lower > tenor section to 2 string wraps is that many scales have such a > foreshortening of string length in that area that the tension drops > considerably and the inharmonicity rises likewise. By changing to wound > strings, the tension is increased, the inharmonicity is lowered and you > can have a smoother transition across the break to the Bass section. I like > to at the same time attach an auxiliary bridge stock to that tenor section > in order to also shorten those wound strings to avoid too high tension. > Hi Jim: I'm going to restring/rescale an old Knabe grand (#30126) which has an auxiliary bridge for for the transition area to the bass which is behind the treble bridge. Have you ever seen such an arrangement? I won't have the piano in the shop until about August first so I don't have exact measurements at this time, but I'm wondering if this auxiliary bridge might be better off with plain wire. It has tri-chord wound at this time. It was restrung about 25 years ago so I'm not sure how close to the original scale the current wires are. I was wondering what you might do with such an arrangement. Thanks, Rob Edwardsen
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