<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT COLOR="#000040" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Verdana" LANG="0"><I>In a message dated 6/16/2002 12:27:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>Single Strings and bearing </B><BR>
Date:6/16/2002 12:27:42 PM Pacific Standard Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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David</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Verdana" LANG="0"><I> I find this wording below confusing. By single do you mean wrapped bi-chords</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></I><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> I'm adding some single strings (6) to the lower part of the tenor section of a piano to smooth out the scaling.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">>>>>><BR>
If so I wouldn't be all that cocerned. The extra mass and tension of the wrapped strings is what's moving the bridge. <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> The bearing is minimal at the bottom of the tenor bridge and the singles with their </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">wrap actually put those strings slightly negative. Would you be concerned about those singles and therefore opt to compromise the scaling and omit them keeping a no singles pattern? Or will they likely not be a problem since they won't change the overall pressure on the bridge that much. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Verdana" LANG="0"><I>... I vote keep them<BR>
Dale>>>>>.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000040" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></I><BR>
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