<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Calin,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">There are a few published references:   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">A Guide To Restringing, by John Travis, includes almost 400 pages of scale data (plain wire only) at 1 or 2 pianos per page.  Some is from manufacturers, but most is from measurements made by technicians during restringing.  Used to be available from the PTG, but I don't think they carry it any more.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">The New York Steinway manual has plain wire data for all Steinway grands and verticals.  Available from Steinway NY.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">A German Steinway manual published by Max Matthias has plain wire and wound string data for Hamburg grands and verticals.  I don't know where you can buy this one - my public library found it for me on interlibrary loan.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">If you tell us what piano you're looking for, I'd be happy to share any applicable data I've got.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/11/2004 5:35:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, dnu@fx.ro writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Hello!<BR><BR>Is there anybody who could provide complete scaling information (string<BR>lengths and thicknesses) on no matter what piano? Or is there a website with<BR>such info out there?<BR>I couldn't find anything on the net, and would really like to be able to<BR>compare some different piano scales. Only had a single response to my<BR>previous request (thank you very much!), so I'm pretty much stuck.<BR><BR><BR>Calin Tantareanu</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>  </FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>