[CAUT] zing went the strings woops

[Alan McCoy]

Count me in. I have several pianos around here that need scale evaluation.

Alan


-- Alan McCoy, RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy at mail.ewu.edu
509-359-4627


> From: Ric Brekne <ricbrek at broadpark.no>
> Reply-To: <ricbrek at broadpark.no>, "College and University Technicians
> <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:51:29 +0200
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Cc: <Caut at ptg.org>
> Subject: [CAUT] zing went the strings woops
> 
> 
> Hey there Joe...
> 
> You know I just had a thought.  What we (the list) could do is to put together
> an excell spreadsheet that does all the needed calculations and graphs for
> rescaling.  Anyone interested could have a copy and we could use it to discuss
> and learn more about rescaling  pianos.  Shouldnt be that much work and I dont
> think we'd need anything all that complicated to start off with.
> 
> Thoughts ?
> 
> RicB
> 
> I copied this to Caut in case there are interested parties there.
> 
> ----------------------------
> 
> Hi Richard and John,
> Thanks, the SN is 12000 + or year 1921 or so. Your scale numbers are 1927.
> Might be a better scale.
> Different knuckles than I have ever seen.
> My plan so far is to refinish the inside of the piano, reguild the plate, so
> that we can string a few notes to see if there is any life left in the
> board. The bass bridge looks questionable.
> Joe Goss RPT
> Mother Goose Tools
> imatunr at srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ric Brekne" <ricbrek at broadpark.no>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 12:44 PM
> Subject: zing went the strings woops
> 
> 
>> Restringing book gives one HC Bay Grand... for serial number 20348
>> 
>> Gauge      Ø      #Unisons      #strings
>> 13            .031      7              21
>> 14            .033      10            30
>> 15            .035      10            30
>> 16            .037      10            30
>> 17            .039      8              24
>> 18            .041      8              24
>> 19            .043      6              18
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Looks like a prime candidate for rescaling to me.
>> 
>> Hope this helps a little
>> 
>> Cheers
>> RicB
> 
>