<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>If the piano is worth restringing, is it not = worth rescaling? It's an easy solution with additional benefits!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 20, 2003 = 1:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Help: Working for = Scale</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>Need a scale = expert's opinion, please.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>Restringing a = 1903 Haines Bros. beauty. Customer decided to "help" by removing some of the = plain-wire strings over the weekend. She also started to clean off the string = size notations I had marked (very neatly) on the plate. Fortunately = she realized they might be important and stopped this little game.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>I can = reconstruct the scale remaining marks and my notes for all but the lowest = six notes. Starting at the 7th note, the wire size is 19. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>Can I assume = the unknowns are probably 20's? Shall I just stick some 20-wire in there, see = if I can pull it to pitch, and see if the resulting sting tension and sound  is reasonable?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial>Anyone out = there have a Haines of the period?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=937003717-20102003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus = Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.525 / = Virus Database: 322 - Release Date: 10/9/2003<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>