Gabler Stringing scale

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Thu Nov 8 06:28:39 MST 2007


> I measured the strings again and added the wrapped strings to the chart. 
> Notes 23 – 28 are wrapped doubles on the Treble bridge, 22 – 11 are 
> doubles on the bass bridge, and 10-1 are singles. The bass bridge has 
> quite a curve for the higher notes, and there is no bridge notching, so 
> the doubles are consistently about 1/16 of an inch different in length. 
> The doubles on the treble bridge are notched to be the same length. The 
> bass strings were sent to Schaff to be when the piano was originally 
> unstrung.

When they return, could we get core and wrap measurements?

The length differences in the bichords, courtesy of chamfering 
rather than notching, aren't uncommon and aren't a real 
problem in tuning.
Ron N


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