Very poor scaling. Some Sohmer scales are among some of the worst I’ve ever evaluated—and I’ve been through hundreds, if not thousands of them. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Ralon Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 6:32 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sohmer scale Wm, To my knowledge..., Sohmer did not use any half sizes in their scales. I just un-strung an old 5'7" Sohmer and it hod no half sizes. Anyone know why? Carlos Ralon, RPT ----- Original Message ----- From: tnrwim at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 11:51 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sohmer scale Why would anyone want to use the original scaling on any piano? On some pianos, it might make a difference. But not on all pianos. Sohmer, for one, did a pretty good job. But besides that, this is a situation where I, (and the customer), don't want to spend the time and/or money to figure out a new scale. It's just not worth the effort to try to improve on the piano. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 2:41 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sohmer scale I always start scratching my head when I see treads like this. Why would anyone want to use the original scaling on any piano? I mean I think this thread is separate from the museum restoration thread...... Terry Farrell On Jan 5, 2011, at 1:08 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: Rick I got rid of my scaling books when I moved to Hawaii, thinking I would never restring a piano again. Could I ask you to send me the numbers, please, privately if you wish. Thanks Wim -----Original Message----- From: RWyatt8547 <RWyatt8547 at aol.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 6:42 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Sohmer scale Wim look on page 397 in Travis guide to restringing , I believe that is the scale you need Rick Wyatt Dallas chapter In a message dated 1/4/2011 4:42:06 P.M. Central Standard Time, tnrwim at aol.com writes: Does anyone have the scale for Sohmer grand model 57. Customer removed all the stripngs, and wrote down the scale that was on the plate, but didn't write down how many notes per size. I've more or less figured out what I need, but I've run out of hitch pins in the middle section. Wim Sent from my HTC PURE™, a Windows® phone from AT&T= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110106/d7f27c9b/attachment-0001.htm>
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