Hardman Uprt. #52032 reply

[pianoman]

Hi John,	
My M & H "A" has this type of stringing in one section, 1 tie-one loop. 
The factory must have had a reason.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth
pianoman@inlink.com
" Is recreation the same as re-creation?.".

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> From: John R Fortiner <pianoserv440@juno.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Hardman Uprt. #52032
> Date: Monday, May 04, 1998 10:04 PM
> 
> Dear List:
> 	I have just started restringing a Hardman upright.  I have the
> original scaling for the piano, but I do not believe that I have the
> correct stringing pattern.  
> 	The info that I wrote on the plate tells me that the first wire
> of the first 13 unisons, excluding wound wires, is a tied wire, and that
> the other two wires are "looped" around a hitch pin - therefore two hitch
> pins per trichord unison for the first 13 unisons.
> 	IF I follow this pattern for the first 12 ( not a typo ) unisons,
> I am left with 18 unisons and 27 hitch pins - sounds just right for a
> more typical stringing where the wires are looped around each hitch pins
> and where different unisons share common hitch pins.  The problem - if I
> do this the wires leaving the hitch pins are approaching the lower bridge
> pins at "strange" angles, not parallel with the first 12 unisons' wires.
> 	IF I follow this pattern for one more unison (13) I am short one
> hitch pin.  
> 	To make this as short as possible, have any of you restrung one
> of these?
> 	If so, do you have the stringing pattern record and will you
> please share it with me?  BTW the only identification on the plate is the
> letter "K"
> 	The original scaling on this piano started out with #20 and went
> down to #13 1/2.
> 
>                                                                          
>       Strung Out, 
>                                                                          
>        John Fortiner
>                                                                          
>        pianoserv440@juno.com
> 
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