<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#b8b8b8> <DIV>Rescale, rescale, rescale. I use David Sanderson. Have some good = bass strings made too.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BTW, why is my whole world grey?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:pcpoulso@pacbell.net" = title=pcpoulso@pacbell.net>Patrick C. Poulson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 13, 2001 = 6:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Strange Scaling</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings All!  I am in the = early stages of restringing a 5'3 Kohler and Chase grand which has a strange = scale.  Upon measuring the gauge of the strings, I was surprised to find that the = piano has .036 wire from notes 55 through 76.  This seems like an unusually = long use of the same gauge of wire, in fact so unusual that I went back and = doublechecked the wire, with the same results.  Should I keep the = same scale, or at least go down to 035 wire in the middle of this = section to have a smoother transtion into the upper treble?  Thanks, Patrick = Poulson, RPT</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>