Hi Dale, It's a little 5 footer, belongs to a customer who likes the Louis the IVth style case and legs. Mike On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:52 AM, <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote: > > Hey Michael > First, how big is the piano? Does 82 mean inches or what? > I have rebuilt many of the uprights but only one 6 ft Ivers & pond > Grand. It is an awesome piano but has a weird scale. It wasn't possible to > change it much because of the bridge shape. Many of the tensions were near > at 70 % of the breaking strength. Never the less it had never broken a > string till I tuned it in the shop prior to destringing. > It's an interesting rascal with a thick board of .400 and veryflat ribs. > It showed no crown when strung but had a fantastic crown when un strung.It > was obviously designed this way. > As I often say, .....Many thing work. > I highly suggest you measure the string lengths very carefully & run them > thru P-scale or some other program to invent a scale that looks real. I > suspect the bridge is not going to allow you much latitude. On mine for > example I had something like 12 unison of no. 15 wire & that's what worked > best. > The bass had two unison of trichord right at the top. I went with > bi-chords there. > I Loved the sound of this piano & still see once in a while. The sustain > is unbelievable. Of course I've heard that the sound is always the best when > the breaking strain is high.....right before the string .....breaks...yikes > Ivers & pond had some odd ideas but they were a quality builder. > Dale > > I brought this piano in for a full rebuild and removed bass/wound strings > first, which extend to D3 in this particular scale, so as to take all of the > measurements, rubbings and info to send to James Arledge. > The problem arose when I turned to the Travis guide to restringing to find > the scale, there were three possibilities, one was labeled "82", the piano > I'm working on has "83" cast into the plate in 2" letters, one had a > number(serial number?) lower than mine #42164, the last was just an I&P > scale. > As I began checking wire sizes none of them matched any of the scales from > the book, not even the scale for the 5'3" I&P! > > Checking at appropriate intervals I found, #14 wire on 88&87, 13&1/2 on 84, > 14 on 81, 14 & 1/2 on 80, 14 on 75, 15 on 72 & 70 and finally found 16 on > 62. Number 56 is #22 wire!!! > > From the look and condition of the piano I'm relatively certain all strings > are originals or any replacements are very old so as to appear original. > > If anyone has any info they can share about this instrument or has rebuilt > one in the past and wishes to share their experience, it would be greatly > appreciated. > > I did not expect nor include in the estimate a rescale but am prepared to > do so barring any other info. > > Thanks, > Mike > > -- > Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch > excellence. > Vince Lombardi > > Michael Magness > Magness Piano Service > 608-786-4404 > www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> > email mike at ifixpianos.com > ------------------------------ > Plan your next roadtrip with MapQuest.com<http://www.mapquest.com/?ncid=mpqmap00030000000004>: > America's #1 Mapping Site. > -- Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. Vince Lombardi Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080521/fa8c5a14/attachment.html
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