<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For the record, this Kawai had all sizes in American. All wire sizes were accurate with American measurements. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I initially evaluated the instrument and saw the #14 at the top, my first inclination was to assume that it was a #13.5 string.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have done a number of Kawai's and Yamaha's in the past were the size measurement were 1/2 size larger in all cases. Thus, my curiosity as to why this was different raised several concerns. Could this have been a mistake from the factory?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or could this be the result of another technician miss-reading the initial readings and stringing with incorrect sizes?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Servinsky</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=avery1@houston.rr.com href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 05, 2006 11:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Scaling</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Dale, <BR><BR>Which measurement are we talking about here. 14 American or 14 Metric? <BR><BR>Since the chart I posted earlier for the 500 was from Kawai, I figured they're talking Metric. <BR>If one is trying to restring a "Metric" piano with American wire, then this "might" be the case. <BR>Although I still believe that a class Don Manino gave here in Houston years ago, said that <BR>Kawai had done some comparisons and some sizes were the same and some weren't. <BR><BR>Where's Don M. when one needs him?! :-D<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">14  - 6<BR>14½ - 8<BR>15  - 4<BR>15½ - 6<BR>16  - 6<BR>16½ - 6<BR>17  - 6<BR>17½ - 6<BR>18  - 6<BR>18½ - 6<BR>19  - 2</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I have sets of both Metric & American, but I've never really compared them. <BR><BR>Avery Todd<BR>University of Houston<BR><BR>At 07:23 PM 6/5/2006, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>In a message dated 6/4/2006 9:12:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Erwinspiano writes:<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD>  Tom<BR> <DD>   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.<BR> <DD>  Dale<BR> <DL> <DD>Tom asked: "Just unstrung an older Kawai model 500 grand. I was astonished to see that <BR> <DD>their first wire size was a #14. Thinking about rescaling this down in <BR> <DD>tension a bit. Anyone out there have any experience with rescaling this <BR> <DD>mode?. This looks like the pre-cursor to the KG2 model."<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD>Tom,<BR> <DD>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>)<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><BR>  <DD>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)<BR> <DD>Captain, Tool Police<BR> <DD>Squares R I<BR><BR></DD></DL></DD></DL> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>