That's absolutely right, David. As an example, every Steinway I've done that started out with a bunch of 17 ga notes, like the scales below, have benefited from changing some of them to 17 1/2. If I hadn't run them through PScale, I might not have figured that out. Regards, Ken Z. On 6/27/08 12:47 PM, "David Skolnik" <davidskolnik at optonline.net> wrote: > Scott, Michael - > I'm assuming you've read David Love's posts as well. Michael, if you > have the time, it might be interesting to take those speaking length > measurements and plug them into one or more of the available scaling > programs, just to see how they would compare to the published > scales. It seems a shame not to take advantage of the available technology. > > David Skolnik > Hastings on Hudson, NY > > > At 12:51 PM 6/27/2008, you wrote: >> Wow, sorry guys! >> >> This was totally my fault on this. I made a major typo and completely left >> out the size 16 1/2 wire, and further screwed up the second scale. YIKES! >> >> Michael, I hope you David's post in time! >> >> Thanks for checking that out with Steinway, David, and for seeing my error! >> >> For the record, here are the corrected (and triple checked) plain wire >> scales from the Travis book: >> >> No serial number: >> 13 .031 6 unisons >> 13 1/2 .032 4 unisons >> 14 .033 4 unisons >> 14 1/2 .034 5 unisons >> 15 .035 6 unisons >> 15 1/2 .036 6 unisons >> 16 .037 5 unisons >> 16 1/2 .038 6 unisons >> 17 .039 12 unisons >> 18 .041 8 unisons >> >> Serial number 276638: >> 13 .031 6 unisons >> 13 1/2 .032 4 unisons >> 14 .033 4 unisons >> 14 1/2 .034 3 unisons >> 15 .035 8 unisons >> 15 1/2 .036 6 unisons >> 16 .037 5 unisons >> 16 1/2 .038 6 unisons >> 17 .039 12 unisons >> 18 .041 8 unisons >> >> The one I have here is serial # 207116 and lays out with the second scale. >> >> Sorry folks, Scott > > -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529
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