Stringing scale

[David Ilvedson]

That's a good thing...2/0 might be perfect.   

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA 94044





Original message
From: "Christopher Chapman" 
To: Pianotech 
Received: 12/21/2006 12:14:22 PM
Subject: Stringing scale


I am doing my first restringing (an old Emerson Upright), and the original treble scale (I assume it was original--they were 1/0 pins) I thought was kind of unusual:
 
20 1/2--2 unisons
19 1/2--4 unisons
19--2 unisons
18 1/2--6 unisons
17 1/2--11 unisons
16 1/2--8 unisons
15 1/2--10 unisons
14 1/2--6 unisons
14--8 unisons
13--6 unisons
 
(The numbers above refer to SAE wire size, of course)
For most of the scale, the changes were by whole sizes. I have not done any rescaling before, but I understand that the scale would be smoother if it increased by half sizes, right? How much of a difference would it make in the quality of sound (harmoniousness, inharmonicity, etc.) to rescale the treble? I had bass strings already made by Schaff from a paper pattern. Would the bass scaling needed to be taken into account when rescaling the treble? 
 
Any help would be appreciated, Thanks!

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Christopher Chapman
A to G Music and Tuning
Logan, UT
435-881-8822 
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