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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=HazenBannister@cs.com
href="mailto:HazenBannister@cs.com">HazenBannister@cs.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> May 01, 2002 6:25 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hazen's Question =
re.
rescaling/liking/knowing.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message dated =
05/01/2002
7:40:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:nhunt@optonline.net">nhunt@optonline.net</A> writes:
<BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 =
size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List, <BR> What I don't understand is ,I =
can't go by
sound,which is what I know,because in this case a busted pinblock took =
that
option away.So I don't know how the piano sounded <BR>to start =
with.I
noticed yesterday the the pinblock was replaced in 1960,as it was =
written on
it,so I wonder if the string sizes(steel)written on the plate are =
original,or
maybe someone has already changed this.I am relatively new at =
restringing on
my own,and want to start off right, making good decisions.I have done =
numerous
pianos(only one in my shop, restringing) I have put on no telling how =
many
strings in the field,and on a newly strung piano as well in other =
shops.But
have little or no experience in rescalling.I have the Travis stringing =
book
with different scales listed,but there might be 3 or 4 that look like =
they
would work,should I throw a dart?(just kidding).It's wonderful having =
vast
knowledge at your fingertips,and willing to share it,thanks much. =
<BR>Hazen
Bannister</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Hazen,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>This is where experience comes in. =
It is always
good to have the original string sizes to use as a guide in developing a =
revised
stringing scale. As with others who have posted on this subject, I would =
be very
cautious about arbitrarily raising the overall string tensions of any =
piano.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>When I develop a stringing scale =
(whether it is
for a piano we're doing in-shop or simply a scale I'm working up for =
someone
else) it is generally a two-step process. First work out what the =
original
manufacturer put on there and then work out the modified scale. The wire =
sizes
may break in different places and there will nearly always be half-size
progressions rather than whole-size progressions but the overall scale =
tensions
in each section will generally be pretty close to the original. The =
exception
might be a piano having a very uneven scale and that I'm familiar enough =
with
and have enough experience with to know the plate and structure can take =
some
additional tension in a particular area. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>The idea with 'rescaling' is not to =
make the
piano into something it was never intended to be...you're not -- or =
shouldn't be
trying -- to make it 'more powerful' or some such thing. You should be =
trying to
make it more musical within the structural parameters of the original
design.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>I've not been following this thread =
closely and
don't know what piano you're working with, but someone with enough =
experience --
say a couple of thousand scales under his/her belt (or slide =
rule/four-function
calculator/programmable calculator/computer) can probably look at your =
speaking
length numbers and come with a well balanced and safe scale for your =
piano
without seeing it or analyzing it in person.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Personally, I'd want to see the =
numbers from
your specific piano before choosing a bunch of wire sizes. The Travis =
book was
an excellent tool in its day but there are too many things that can =
change
between the factory model designation and the real world. Besides, some =
(most?)
of those factory scales leave lot to be desired even if you guess
right.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2>Del</FONT></DIV>
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