restringing question

[Jon Page]

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Leave well enough alone. Have the bass rescaled and put your efforts
into the action and dampers.

Regards,

Jon Page

At 11:55 PM 11/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>I'm curious -- How easy/hard is it to change the number of strings per 
>note on a few notes when you're restringing a piano (but not replacing the 
>plate (of course!) or pinblock)?  For example maybe there's 2 wound 
>strings per note in a section and the technician wants to change it to 3 
>plain, or 1 wound to 2 wound.  My family has an old Hallet & Davis 52 1/2" 
>upright (serial #107906 made in 1921) which has 1 string per note from A1 
>to B15, 2 strings per note from C16 to A#26, 3 strings per note from B27 
>to C88.  It needs some work (new hammers, bass strings (probably all 
>strings) replaced, tuning pins seem to still be holding tune but was 
>almost 1/4 step out of tune after about 2 1/2 to 3 years of sitting), 
>basically a minor rebuilding job.  If I changed the stringing scale, I 
>would extend the 2 strings per note down to A13 or G11 (currently lowest 
>2-string note is C16) -- what would be your advice on that?
>
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Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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