<HTML>In a message dated 3/28/03 11:31:44 AM Central Standar= d Time, kpiano@goldrush.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Do I need the distance from the= upper or front bridge pin to the hitch pin? What backscale dimension would = the scale designer find necessary? The plate bearing points?    On the plain tr= i-cords do I need any more than just the speaking length and wire size?</FON= T>   Keith Roberts </BLOCKQUOTE> Keith The best and easiest thing to do is to send the bass strings to a company th= at duplicates them. Be sure they stay in order. Cut them off at the tuning p= in. When you send them the set, be sure to include the name and serial numbe= r of the piano. If you don't want to send the strings, you can make a paper pattern. It's a = little more difficult to do on an upright. The pattern should include indent= ations of where the tuning pins are, the agraffs or upper hitch pins, the wi= ndings, both at the top and the bottom of the strings, the bridge pins, and = the hitch pins. Again, on the pattern, write the name and serial number of t= he piano. If you don't want to use either one of those methods, you can give them the = dimensions of the first bass string and the last bass string, including the = thickness of the core, and the measurements you indicated. It's a lot more w= ork on your part, and you run the risk that you didn't write down the correc= t measurements. I would do this only as a last resort. As far as the plain wires, all you need is s the scale. Measure each string,= and indicate how many notes to a string size. You don't need any other meas= urement, like the distance between the hitch pin and the bridge, etc. As far a rescaling, that's up to you. It might be more trouble than it's wor= th, especially on an older upright, unless you are convinced the scaling nee= ds to be different. In 25 years of rebuilding, I have never rescaled a piano= . I made one up once, when I got a piano without any strings. Wim </HTML>