<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I'm breaking down an = old upright, my first. Of course my first problem is how many columns do I = need on my breakdown sheet? Number of rows is dictated by the number of strings. = I have a uni-cord section from 1 to 16. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A bi-cord section from 11 to 33, left = and right. Room to write in wound tri-cords. Certainly if I am just duplicating the = original, all I need to know is what the string makers want, but I would = like to have the dimensions needed by a scalar. Paying a trusted colleague to = review and rescale if necessary should be worth the education. Is it best to record = both strung and unstrung dimensions for winding length and hitch pin to = winding length? </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I went with the center = line of hitch pin and a spot for the hitch pin diameter and oddities there of. Small = loops and big cast iron lugs for hitch pins may not ever be a problem but I don't = want find out. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    So I have speaking = length, winding length, hitch pin center line to winding, core diameter, and = overall diameter. 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? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    On the plain = tri-cords do I need any more than just the speaking length and wire size?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Roberts</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>