Eliot, You do have a mess there. It looks like you'll have to measure all the speaking lengths, first of all. I suppose you have already checked for wire size markings on the plate and bridge cap. It might be helpful to know at least some of the diameters - smallest plain wire, largest plain wire, smallest wound string, largest wound string - to help determine what kind of total tension was on that piano. Is there any slave labor available in your house? Before I did anything, I would talk to someone who has experience rescaling pianos to get an idea of how to proceed. I can recommend Dave Sanderson in Massachussets if you don't know of anyone. Dave makes great bass strings and I'm sure his father, Al, could come up with a new scale that would be better than original. Good luck. Tom Eliot Lee wrote: > > Dear List, > > I have a 1890 J Mayer 7' grand. It is out of Munich. Pierce > doesn't have any serial numbers listed. I would like to find out when it > was made. > > Some guy removed all the strings w/o properly measuring them, so I > have a bundle of wire which I would like to aviod measuring each one of. > > Where can I find a restringing guide for it? John Travis mostly > gave guides for american pianos in his book. > > Would a scale stringing program be more sensible? IF so which one > is recommended. It has the same mess with the bass strings, but those I > can distinguish by the diameter somewhat. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Eliot Lee -- Thomas A. Cole RPT Santa Cruz, CA
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