mensuration

[Daniel Gurnee]

Leif,

Among the available books are three that may be of some help: "A guide To
Restringing by John Travis which lists some stringing scales of existing
pianos; Piano Rebuilders' Handbook by James H Donelson which lists various
stringing requirements and perameters for plain strings; and, The
Calculating Technician by David Roberts, allof which may be obtained from
the PTG library or piano supply houses.

I wish you well, 
Daniel Gurnee.

> From: Leif Olsen <leifo@image.dk>
> Reply-To: caut@ptg.org
> Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 17:42:26 +0200
> To: CAUT <caut@ptg.org>
> Subject: mensuration
> 
> Hello list
> 
> I'm restringing some uprights and grands now and then, most danish and german
> instrument,  60-110 years old. I make some recalculations on their mensurs,
> because they have been constructed without detailed understanding of this
> figures and sometimes good improvements in tonesubstance and egality can be
> obtained specially in the transition bass-tenor.
> I'm looking for example-collections of mensurations on reallife instrument,
> 106-140?cm pianoes and small to middle grands, but every example has interrest
> right now. Any idear of online sources or where to look?
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> -- 
> Pianoshop Leif Olsen
> D.P.I.F. Denmark
> 
>