Hi Julia. You would probably be happy with the famous articles of Dave Roberts named The Calculating Technician printed in the Journal long ago. This is an occasion for me to ask other listees if there has been some evolution since. I must say that I found Roberts formulas very, very empirical and simplified at every level, no doubt, with the ease of the workshop efficiency in mind, but at the cost of universality. I found the work of Michael Latcham The Stringing, scaling and pitch of Hammerflügel built in the southern German and Viennese traditions (Musikverlag Katzbichler München Salzburg), while dedicated to the fortepiano, very informative on the very problems of scaling (metallurgy, bass foreshortening, treble stretching, struts problems, wound strings), and on some historical options to solve them. Best regards. Stéphane Collin. From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of KeyKat88 at aol.com Sent: lundi 3 novembre 2008 19:06 To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Getting started in figuring scaling Greetings, Is this the formula used for scaling.. or are other formulas used as it relates to pianos and piano scaling? f = 1/2L ^T / m/l where; f = fequency L = effective length of wire T = tension m/l = unit of mass per length of wire What is some suggested reading about this? Thanks, Julia Gottshall Reading, PA _____ Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=htt p://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001> out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081103/4256cd0a/attachment-0001.html
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