<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/4/2006 9:12:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Erwinspiano writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>  Tom</DIV> <DIV>   Wrong assumptions on both counts.  Japanese wire sizes are 1/2 size larger than ours  thus making your first wire size 13 1/2.  Measure it with a micrometer & you'll see.  Been there done that.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>Tom asked: "Just unstrung an older Kawai model 500 grand. I was astonished to see that </DIV> <DIV>their first wire size was a #14. Thinking about rescaling this down in </DIV> <DIV>tension a bit. Anyone out there have any experience with rescaling this </DIV> <DIV>mode?. This looks like the pre-cursor to the KG2 model."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tom,</DIV> <DIV>I wouldn't! The soundboards on that model are quite thick and a #14 wire is appropriate. (Ya have to look at the Whole picture.<G>) It behooves you to get a Scaling Program and play around with this sort of stuff.<G> Then practice/experiment on your own stuff. (which entails a lot of "oops! Better Change That!"<G>)</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>