Counter bearing treatment

[Ron Nossaman]

>On the side... why do scaling programs not take into consideration the string
>lenght from the tuning pin to the forward termination, but do take into
account
>the lenght behind the bridge ??
>
>Richard Brekne


The distance from the hitch to the speaking length bridge pin becomes
important when you ask a string winder to make you a set of bass strings to
your specs. Without this measurement, the strings won't fit the piano.
Other than that, the information isn't needed to refigure the scale with
the original bridge and hitch configuration. As far as the actual scaling
software goes, the only dimensions needed are core diameter, overall wrap
diameter, unwrapped end lengths, wrap weighting factor, single or double
wrap, speaking length, strings per unison, and pitch. 
Ron N