Your assumption is right. Someone must have replaced the original with the wrong size sometime in the past - or a boo-boo was made in the factory. No big deal. Always rescale those old pianos anyway. David Sanderson does wonderful work and makes FABULOUS bass strings. Give him a call! Good luck. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <RustRazor@AOL.COM> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: A question for those well versed in the realm of string scales > Hello all, > > I'm rebuilding a 4'9" Henry F Miller Grand (c 1920). The odd thing is: > After carefully measuring the string diameters, it seems that they don't > change in a linear fashion. In fact, there is a range where the gage goes > from 18 to 17 to 17.5 to 16. > > My question is: Is this abnormal? I haven't done that much restringing but > I always thought the diameters were supposed to keep decreasing (or > increasing from the other way). > > Matt. > > > >
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