Re-scaling a small grand

[Jon Page]

At 06:48 AM 2/19/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>'mornin.
>
>I have a beat-up little grand on my hands that I am going to do some
>'firsts' for me to.
>
>The first thing is to find a stringing scale for it. In my teardown
>procedure sheet that I so willingly gave copies to people on this list, I
>find myself stuck at the "stringing scale" portion of the procedure. There
>are no markings on the bridge or the plate, and if they are on the plate,
>the markings are buried under approx. 81 years of dust and dirt.
>
>So..I suppose I am looking for software that y'all like to use..this will be
>one of the 'firsts' that I do to this piano. It's too easy to take certain
>wound wire and send it off to be made..I have no one pressuring me to get
>this piano back..it belongs to me. Cost: $0.0 .. so far!
>
>Stringing scale software will be the first order of business.
>
>I'm guessing most of the other stuff I will need to find out will either be
>in the archives or on the CD-ROM..
>
>Phil

Phil,
make a pattern of the bass strings, include the agraffes/pressure bar. Rub 
the string to index
where they go )for length).

Measure all string lengths.

Send the pattern and measurements to GC Piano. Danny rescales the bass 
anyways and
will rescale the treble for about $30.

Jon