<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Speaking of Steinway grand sizes</title></head><body> <div>At 22:39 +0100 6/2/08, Richard Brekne wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>That is a very kind gesture and I thank you kindly for it. I'll send it along to Hellerman with my other data.  You did catch that this turns out to be an L scale yes ?</blockquote> <div><br> <br> </div> <div>I think I've only ever done about 2 Ls and so far as I remember it had the same lengths as the O.  I haven't got a scale for it here on the computer but there's probably a printout at the factory.  I'll try to remember to look it out tomorrow.  I think the miniature (without 'O' embossed in the frame) probably ran from 1900 to 1905-7, just to give people time to forget the 0 (nought) but I can't be sure.  The 'O' was and is a very successful piano in spite of its weaknesses.  Though I've made strings for the 'L', I've never personally dealt with one, but it seems to be very similar.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Steinway say for the 'L' Strings</div> <div>BASS: Swedish steel core wire wound with pure copper. Longest, agraffe/bridge: 54 1/4" (138 cm)</div> <div><br></div> <div>My lengths for the 'O' (give or take a few mm.) are as follows:</div> <div><br></div> <div>1<x-tab>       </x-tab>137.7<br> 2<x-tab>  </x-tab>136.2<br> 3<x-tab>  </x-tab>134.8<br> 4<x-tab>  </x-tab>133.3<br> 5<x-tab>  </x-tab>131.8<br> 6<x-tab>  </x-tab>130.5<br> 7<x-tab>  </x-tab>129.1<br> 8<x-tab>  </x-tab>127.8<br> 9<x-tab>  </x-tab>126.4<br> 10<x-tab> </x-tab>124.7<br> 11<x-tab> </x-tab>123.0<br> 12<x-tab> </x-tab>121.2<br> 13<x-tab> </x-tab>119.5<br> 14<x-tab> </x-tab>117.4<br> 15<x-tab> </x-tab>115.4<br> 16<x-tab> </x-tab>113.3<br> 17<x-tab> </x-tab>111.2<br> 18<x-tab> </x-tab>109.2<br> 19<x-tab> </x-tab>107.2<br> 20<x-tab> </x-tab>105.2<br> 21<x-tab> </x-tab>103.2<br> 22<x-tab> </x-tab>100.9<br> 23<x-tab> </x-tab>98.6<br> 24<x-tab>  </x-tab>96.2<br> 25<x-tab>  </x-tab>93.9<br> 26<x-tab>  </x-tab>91.7</div> <div><br></div> <div>For comparison, here is roughly the original scale.  I can't be sure, but I imagine I measured every string from an original scale and this is what it would take to reproduce it.  If I did that I can guarantee you several breakages before you got to tune it.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><img src="cid:p06240819c3cfe58fe56e@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> </body> </html>