<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> I doubt that was a rescaling.  More likely they just produced the original scale for the piano.    <div> David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com </div> -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Mark Dierauf Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:19 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: RE: rescale bass strings   Actually, Mapes does rescale, albeit to their own standards. I sent in a set from an S&S M that I had laboriously (and successfully) rescaled in the early 90's. These had been ruined when a student spilled some sort of liquid on them and I had meanwhile lost the spec sheet for the rescaled strings. I asked Mapes to copy them exactly and the new set came back with different core & wrap sizes. All the improvements I had made were lost, and the tenor wound strings (I had added 4 wound bichords) sounded so poorly as to be almost untunable. Now I only use them for individual string replacements on lesser quality pianos. - Mark Dierauf David Love wrote: <pre style='margin-left:.5in' wrap="">Surprisingly, many are: Arledge, Sanderson, GC, JD Grandt, all make</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>alterations to scales routinely.  Only Mapes (that I know of) seems, as a</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>matter of policy, to abide by the original designs.  </pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> </pre><pre style='margin-left: .5in'>David Love</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a> </pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> </pre><pre style='margin-left: .5in'>-----Original Message-----</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>Of <a href="mailto:pianoguru@cox.net">pianoguru@cox.net</a></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:16 PM</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>To: Pianotech List; <a href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</a></pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>Subject: Re: rescale bass strings</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> </pre><pre style='margin-left: .5in'>Most string makers are not interested in "rescaling."  They prefer to</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>"duplicate" bass strings.  If you really want rescaling, go to James</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>Arledge.  His web site will tell you what information they need, or give</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>them a call to discuss what you want.  </pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> </pre><pre style='margin-left: .5in'>I have no personal vested interest in Arledge strings, only experience with</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'>positive results from his ventures.</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> </pre><pre style='margin-left: .5in'>Frank Emerson</pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> </pre><pre style='margin-left: .5in'> </pre><pre style='margin-left:.5in'> </pre><pre style='margin-left: .5in'>  </pre>   </div> </body> </html>