Hi, Ed, This Mason is a prime candidate for rescaling. One inch of unwound ends is much too long. How much too long depends upon the size of the scale. In my experience the shorter the scale the shorter the unwound ends need to be. What make this piano sound bad is excessive inharmonicity. The addition of oneinch of wrap will not increase tension more than a couple of pounds or so. Newton nhunt@jagat.com
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