Hi Glen: In your last post you said: 2. Does the lack of any half gage strings point one to a poor string scale? My answer is: Not necessarily. Of course, the string tension jumps will be a little greater, but there are many pianos of good reputation which are strung with only whole size wire. The Baldwin Acrosonic is one which comes to mind (although it does have problems in the tenor area, it still sounds good thoughout the mid and treble areas). Many of us feel that we can improve a situation like you mention by rescaling with half sizes, but it is only marginal. Jim Coleman, Sr.
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