<!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 5.50.4937.800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Recently met with a customer = contemplating rebuilding a  rebuilt Hallet & Davis grand (about 6'8") which = was done by a rebuilder for whom it was probably one of his/her first = endeavors.  The work was commendable, however, I've been asked to make both tonal = and touch-weight changes to the instrument.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Beyond the fact that the instrument has = no capo bar, but rather agraffes, as well as agraffes instead of bridge pins, it = is strung with sizes 12, 13, 14, 15, etc. A.S.&W plain wire(up to #20), = without any half sizes.  My question is whether rescaling the instrument = with half-sizes would improve the overall tonality, and tunability of the piano.  Since the plate was painted, it was impossible to see if = the rebuilder followed the original scale.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance for any = recommendations you may be able to offer- especially if you could have encountered this = particular instrument and have the scale on hand.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All the Best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marshall Connolly</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Boston Chapter</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>