mic strings first

[Farrell]

OR, just rescale. I have used David Sanderson for my bass strings and
rescaling -"add a foot" to that little piano! He does fabulous work.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:15 PM
Subject: RE: mic strings first


> Ric,
>
> I checked Travis' _A Guide to Restringing,_ and found 3 Knabe 5' 1"
scales.
> There is a scale "50," which has 4 unisons of # 13, 4 unisons of # 13.5,
and
> 4 unisons of # 14. There is a scale "58," which has 10 unisons of # 13.5,
> and 6 of # 14. There is also a 5' 1", #118444, which has 10 unisons of #
> 13.5 and 6 unisons of # 14.
>
> Maybe this will help.
>
> John Formsma
> Blue Mountain, MS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Rickeys88@AOL.COM
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 8:20 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: mic strings first
>
>
> Hello List,
>
> I de-strung a Knabe 5'1" "grand" last weekend but I did so in haste.  I
> assumed too much when I saw string gauge markings on the plate.   Now that
> the strings are long gone and I can't mic them, I've got a problem.   I'm
> looking at the tuning pin holes for note #88 and there is no size mark.
> Size14  starts at 9 notes left of the treble end.  I assume I'm  missing
the
> size mark for that end group of 8.  Or is it possible that its marked
> starting from the left and the last group of 9 notes would be size 14 ?
If
> I had to go it alone I would guess that the end 4 notes would be size 13
> then
> the next 4 to the left would be 13.5 and then on to 14.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ric Forcier
> NJ
>
>