<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><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>Hi Other Joe,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I would consider rescaling if we did not already have the Schaff strings or if the piano was of greater value.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Did not attend the scale class but did see cracked bridge repair.</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=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 25, 2006 11:01 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Zing went the strings.....</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>The Other Joe G. asked: " <DIV>Hi all,</DIV> <DIV>Today I was given my winters work, a 1921 H C Bay grand.</DIV> <DIV>A local tech delivered it in pieces, totally dismantled.</DIV> <DIV>All the parts seem to be there, but the kicker is that there are new bass</DIV> <DIV>strings from Schaff,</DIV> <DIV>but no record was made of the plain wire.</DIV> <DIV>Could one extrapolate the plain wire sizes from the bass</DIV> <DIV>strings by measuring them and running the string lengths of the unwound</DIV> <DIV>strings?</DIV> <DIV>How should I procede?"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe,</DIV> <DIV>That would be assuming that the "new bass strings" are correct. I doubt it. The first thing I'd do, would be to check the plate for possible wire sizes imprinted. Then I'd put the plate back in, bolt it down and take all of the string measurements. (I can send you a form for this, if you'd like) Next, I'd get busy with Scale Master and calc out an "original scale". Graph it and determine where the problems may be. Rescale and voila'. If you don't want to do all that, then it'll be a crap shoot, IMO. BTW, I thought you attended my class on Scale Evalutation???? I can help, if you want.<G></DIV> <DIV><BR>Best Regards,</DIV></DIV> <DIV>Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>