<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> Except that my version had 8 additional strings and double wrapped monchords. It was also (deliberately) not identified as an M scale, although I could see where an alert winder might have recognized that the lengths matched those of an M scale. I was being facetious when I said that they rescaled my samples, but they certainly did not duplicate either the original design or my samples. - Mark Dierauf David Love wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3C002301c88e12$25610550$c601000a@DFCX0Y11%3E" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> <div class="Section1"> I doubt that was a rescaling.  More likely they just produced the original scale for the piano.    <div> David Love <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a> </div> -----Original Message----- From: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] 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: 0.5in;" wrap="">Surprisingly, many are: Arledge, Sanderson, GC, JD Grandt, all make</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">alterations to scales routinely.  Only Mapes (that I know of) seems, as a</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">matter of policy, to abide by the original designs.  </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">David Love</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">-----Original Message-----</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">From: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Of <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:pianoguru@cox.net">pianoguru@cox.net</a></pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:16 PM</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">To: Pianotech List; <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">ilvey@sbcglobal.net</a></pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Subject: Re: rescale bass strings</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Most string makers are not interested in "rescaling."  They prefer to</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">"duplicate" bass strings.  If you really want rescaling, go to James</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Arledge.  His web site will tell you what information they need, or give</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">them a call to discuss what you want.  </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">I have no personal vested interest in Arledge strings, only experience with</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">positive results from his ventures.</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">Frank Emerson</pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;"> </pre> <pre style="margin-left: 0.5in;">  </pre>   </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>