<html> <font size=3>Leave well enough alone. Have the bass rescaled and put your efforts<br> into the action and dampers.<br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page<br> <br> At 11:55 PM 11/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>I'm curious -- How easy/hard is it to change the number of strings per note on a few notes when you're restringing a piano (but not replacing the plate (of course!) or pinblock)?  For example maybe there's 2 wound strings per note in a section and the technician wants to change it to 3 plain, or 1 wound to 2 wound.  My family has an old Hallet & Davis 52 1/2" upright (serial #107906 made in 1921) which has 1 string per note from A1 to B15, 2 strings per note from C16 to A#26, 3 strings per note from B27 to C88.  It needs some work (new hammers, bass strings (probably all strings) replaced, tuning pins seem to still be holding tune but was almost 1/4 step out of tune after about 2 1/2 to 3 years of sitting), basically a minor rebuilding job.  If I changed the stringing scale, I would extend the 2 strings per note down to A13 or G11 (currently lowest 2-string note is C16) -- what would be your advice on that?<br> <br> <br> __________________________________________________<br> Do You Yahoo!?<br> Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.<br> <a href="http://im.yahoo.com/" eudora="autourl">http://im.yahoo.com</a><br> </font></blockquote><br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>