Matt, Contact Ron Nossaman. He'll make you a good scale that your customer will be happy with and you just might learn something along the way. He's a very good and patient teacher. Greg Newell At 05:37 PM 2/25/2005, you wrote: >Hi all: > >I have a client who is unhappy with the sound of the low tenor on his >Yamaha GH1 (circa late 70s) and has requested rescaling of that piano. I >did suggest the usual voicing, fine tuning, etc. and he said that he has >already had stuff done by other techs. He has done some research of his >own on the Internet and has decided that he is is interested in the rescaling. > >I have not done any rescaling personally but I understand that most or all >of the string parameters are entered into a computer program which then >spits out recommendations for changing string diameters here and there and >changing some plain trichords at the tenor to wound bichords. > >Then the physical work involves maybe drilling hitch pin holes, modifying >the bridge, etc. I read in the archive that Yamaha used to offer a kit >for these pianos but it was recommended by list contributors to do a >custom scale for each piano for various reasons. > >So, my questions: > >1) What is the best software to use to do the rescale? Or, does anyone >out there accept parameters and run them through their own software as a >service? > >2) When all is said and done, is it possible that the difference in >harmonicity may not even be audible? > >Thanks, > >-Matt >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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