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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Suggestion - it won't be original, but it'll be =
good - I
once restrung an old grand that I received with no strings. David =
Sanderson
created a new scale from scratch and the piano sounded and worked
great.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dlbullock@att.net href="mailto:dlbullock@att.net">D.L. =
Bullock</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 08, =
2004 10:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Weber Concert Grand =
scaling,
Sostenuto rail</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT size=2>I am =
stringing a
1908 Weber concert grand just under 9 feet long. It was restrung =
by a
hack 30-40 years ago. It has an open, compound pin =
block. I
was able to remove the plate before cranking out the
pins </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT size=2>The =
problem? The string
scale cannot possibly be the original. I have never seen any =
Weber in
the Travis book or in my experience that started on a wire size =
smaller than
13 gauge string and this one had 12 gauge on it. The =
scale
that was on this piano has three spots where the size changes with a =
space one
number and a half wide. This does not follow any Weber scales I =
have
seen. There are 66 unisons of non wound wire above the =
break.
<SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT size=2>I am wondering if it =
originally
had wound strings on the tenor side of the break.</FONT></SPAN>The =
lowest
tenor strings were only 20.5 gauge. Perhaps they scaled it thin =
to
lessen the pressure on the soundboard which was flattening out and =
cracked
even back then. When I get through recrowning the soundboard it =
will be
back up to par once again and I need the original scale to put back on =
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT size=2>The customer is a =
concert
pianist and is adamant that he wants the factory scaling if at all
possible. This is 1908 supposedly after the sale of Weber to =
AEolian, so
I am not sure earlier pre merger piano scales would be
right.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT size=2>Has anyone =
rebuilt any of
this model of concert grand?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT size=2>Also, does anyone =
have a
source for sostenuto rail material. I must make a new one for =
this piano
also, as it is missing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT size=2>Thanks for your
help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT =
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=031433203-09012004><FONT size=2>D.L.
Bullock</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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