zing went the strings woops

[Ric Brekne]

Hey there Joe...

You know I just had a thought.  What we (the list) could do is to put together an excell spreadsheet that does all the needed calculations and graphs for rescaling.  Anyone interested could have a copy and we could use it to discuss and learn more about rescaling  pianos.  Shouldnt be that much work and I dont think we'd need anything all that complicated to start off with.

Thoughts ?

RicB

I copied this to Caut in case there are interested parties there.

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Hi Richard and John,
Thanks, the SN is 12000 + or year 1921 or so. Your scale numbers are 1927.
Might be a better scale.
Different knuckles than I have ever seen.
My plan so far is to refinish the inside of the piano, reguild the plate, so
that we can string a few notes to see if there is any life left in the
board. The bass bridge looks questionable.
Joe Goss RPT
Mother Goose Tools
imatunr at srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek at broadpark.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:44 PM
Subject: zing went the strings woops


> Restringing book gives one HC Bay Grand... for serial number 20348
>
> Gauge      Ø      #Unisons      #strings
> 13            .031      7              21
> 14            .033      10            30
> 15            .035      10            30
> 16            .037      10            30
> 17            .039      8              24
> 18            .041      8              24
> 19            .043      6              18
>
>
>
> Looks like a prime candidate for rescaling to me.
>
> Hope this helps a little
>
> Cheers
> RicB