Jeff, I'm no HT pro, by any means, but a couple of thoughts come to mind. First, wouldn't you be able to get a stringing scale from the manufacturer? We have that for both of our harpsichords. Second, how about micing the part of the string that's coiled around the tuning pin? There wouldn't be much, if any, stretching there, I would think. Just some thoughts. Avery >One more question for the historical instrument pros out there. How much >thinning does this wire do in the stretching process and how much should we >allow when micing the wire for replacement? I couldn't find my micrometer >yesterday (yeah, I found it AFTER the concert), and the wire I installed >(the smallest we had) felt slightly larger than what came off, but after it >stretched to pitch the difference didn't seem to be as much. I still >haven't measured the wire that came off, but I will before we order more >wire, and I need to know how to do that in the future. > >Jeff
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