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<DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>Need a scale =
expert's
opinion, please.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>Restringing a =
1903 Haines
Bros. beauty. Customer decided to "help" by removing some of the =
plain-wire
strings over the weekend. She also started to clean off the string size
notations I had marked (very neatly) on the plate. Fortunately she =
realized
they might be important and stopped this little =
game.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>I can =
reconstruct the scale
remaining marks and my notes for all but the lowest six notes. =
Starting at the 7th note, the wire size is 19. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>Can I assume =
the unknowns
are probably 20's? Shall I just stick some 20-wire in there, see if =
I can
pull it to pitch, and see if the resulting sting tension and sound
is reasonable?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>Anyone out =
there
have a Haines of the period?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. =
Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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