Stringing scale

[Christopher Chapman]

As far as rescaling goes, I mean *only* changing wire diameter, not bridge
placement, etc.

Thanks!

Chris Chapman


On 12/21/06, Christopher Chapman <atogmusic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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!
>
> --
> Christopher Chapman
> A to G Music and Tuning
> Logan, UT
> 435-881-8822
>
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