<div>I brought this piano in for a full rebuild and removed bass/wound strings first, which extend to D3 in this particular scale, so as to take all of the measurements, rubbings and info to send to James Arledge.</div> <div>The problem arose when I turned to the Travis guide to restringing to find the scale, there were three possibilities, one was labeled "82", the piano I'm working on has "83" cast into the plate in 2" letters, one had a number(serial number?) lower than mine #42164, the last was just an I&P scale.</div> <div>As I began checking wire sizes none of them matched any of the scales from the book, not even the scale for the 5'3" I&P!</div> <div> </div> <div>Checking at appropriate intervals I found, #14 wire on 88&87, 13&1/2 on 84, 14 on 81, 14 & 1/2 on 80, 14 on 75, 15 on 72 & 70 and finally found 16 on 62. Number 56 is #22 wire!!! </div> <div> </div> <div>From the look and condition of the piano I'm relatively certain all strings are originals or any replacements are very old so as to appear original. </div> <div> </div> <div>If anyone has any info they can share about this instrument or has rebuilt one in the past and wishes to share their experience, it would be greatly appreciated.</div> <div> </div> <div>I did not expect nor include in the estimate a rescale but am prepared to do so barring any other info.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. <br>Vince Lombardi<br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>