Dear Bob, ddf (sorry I can't remember your name) and Jim, Thanks for your quick responses. The stringing is now done with 20 to the end. I have to put the finishing touches on the key tops before I can give it the first tuning (in other words, the keys are not in the piano). So at this point I still don't know how it sounds. Let me take a moment and give a little more information on the piano and then present the list with a few more questions taking a slightly different direction. This is as stated a 1919 York upright. Steel strings all the way to the tenor break. They manufactured this piano for maximum length of string in mind. The tenor bridge descends all the way to the very bottom of left hand corner of the case. In fact it was a bit of a pain getting to the hitch pins because they were all buried behind the pedal mechanism. They really crunched the tenor pins together on top resulting in a good 10 inch separation between the tenor pins and the first bass pins. The last bass pin is stuck right up to the edge of the plate. The hitch pins are spread out so that the strings look like a fan, tight together at the pins, expected spread in the striking zone and quite wide at the hitch pins. Old pins were 2/0. String scale was very plain with no half gages included (13-20). As far as lengths for the strings ddf, I will have to check that out on Monday and mail you privately. Jim, I see now that my use of terminology lead you away from what I was trying to say. I should have said, the last three pins. This involves only one note with the last string being a single terminated at the hitch pin. :) Now my additional questions. I talked to one of the techs in our guild and his conclusion was that the piano has already been restrung once. 1. When one comes to a given piano, are there any quick ways one can determine whether the piano has been restrung before? I know that pin size is a quick give away, but at 2/0 it is not so clear. 2. Does the lack of any half gage strings point one to a poor string scale? 3. What does one do if you suspect the scale is wrong because of the evidence of prior work or poor sound? I have noted on the list that several of you have programs to figure out acceptable scales. I am new at all of this and find the idea of rescaling a pretty weighty issue liability wise. Yet, a poor end result eats at me as well. Ok, now I will sit back and listen. Thanks again for the help ahead of time. Glen --------------------------------------------------------------- Glen and Ruth Deligdisch P.O. Box 248 Waxhaw, NC 28173 Tel: (704) 843-9089 E-mail: Glen_Deligdisch@SIL.ORG
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