Strange Scaling

[Newton Hunt]

The size of wire used is a function of the speaking lengths.  That
many of one size does not sound right but it could be done with a
strange looking bridge where the speaking lengths get too long too
fast.

That piano is a strong candidate for rescaling, especially the bass. 
It is possible to make a piano sound a foot longer than it is with a
well scaled bass string set where the parameters of core, wrap and
unwrapped ends are carefully chosen for power, tension and
inharmonicity.  That scale was not right from day one and that is for
certain.

		Newton

> "Patrick C. Poulson" wrote:
> 
> Greetings All!  I am in the early stages of restringing a 5'3 Kohler and Chase grand which has a strange scale.  Upon measuring the gauge of the strings, I was surprised to find that the piano has .036 wire from notes 55 through 76.  This seems like an unusually long use of the same gauge of wire, in fact so unusual that I went back and doublechecked the wire, with the same results.  Should I keep the same scale, or at least go down to 035 wire in the middle of this section to have a smoother transtion into the upper treble?  Thanks, Patrick Poulson, RPT