<!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 6.00.2800.1543" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Stephen,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Every thing looks normal except the very top.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What does the bridge look like up thar> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No scales here.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></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=lostchordclinic@ameritech.net href="mailto:lostchordclinic@ameritech.net">Stephen Grattan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 10, 2006 12:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Strange scale question,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi list,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am tearing down a Gerhard Heintzman upright grand ( yeah, I know) piano and have run into scaling like I've not seen before and am looking for some input.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The top three unisons are strung with .027 (size 11?) wire.  The entire scale measures thus -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>.027- 11 -  3 unisons</DIV> <DIV>.030- 12.5 -  6</DIV> <DIV>.032 - 13.5 - 6</DIV> <DIV>.034 - 14.5 - 8</DIV> <DIV>.036 - 15.5 - 8</DIV> <DIV>.037 - 16 - 8</DIV> <DIV>.039 - 17 - 6</DIV> <DIV>.041 - 18 - 6</DIV> <DIV>.043 - 19 - 4</DIV> <DIV>.045 - 20 - 4</DIV> <DIV>for a total of 63 plain string unisons.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Should I use # 11 string or what would you suggest?  I have restrung 200 plus pianos including several Heintzmans and have nor found this before.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Steve Grattan</DIV> <DIV>Lost Chord Clinic </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>