Standard Pitch 1870 to Present

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: September 18, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Standard Pitch 1870 to Present


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> > no, we wouldn't sweat much at all doing this.
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> Geeeez, always gotta be so technical?

Well, you did ask....



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> Oooooo, Texas is a no-can-do. Will you be giving a class on scaling in
> Chicago??? I WILL be there!

I don't know. I haven't been officially asked. And if I am I haven't decided
what to do. I'm thinking of something like 'Piano Building in the Small
Shop.' We'll see.



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> Can you recommend a software package for designing stringing scales? I
know
> it takes a lot more than just pushing a few buttons to design a great
scale,
> but I suspect the playing and analyzing would be a great educational tool.

I use a template I put together in Excel. Tremaine Parsons sent me a copy of
his program to evaluate and I've looked it over. It's fairly intuitive and
will give you all the basics. Ignore the % of breaking strength which I've
found doesn't agree with published wire specifications.

Del
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