Scale design question

[Newton Hunt]

This is in the line with, "Everybody else does it therefore we cannot be
different no matter what we lose and the posture we have to assume to make
it fit."

It should be, "Make it best".  But it isn't.  

There is a point where putting wrap on steel disimproves the scale but few
manufacturers try to find that point in regards to power, inharmonicity and
breaking % point.

There are too few free thinkers uncontrolled by sales hype.  Just ask Del
or Roger.

		Newton (grumpy old scale mistake maker)

Vanderhoofven wrote:
> 
> I have noticed recently that the Baldwin 243 studio, the Boston UP-118S
> studio, the George Steck studio, the Steinway 45 studio, a Kawai studio
> (model number unkown) and the Yamaha P-22 (if I remember correctly) all
> have the first plain steel wire on the treble bridge starting at note D#3.
> 
> There are several other sizes of pianos that have similarities in scale
> design.  For instance the Steinway D and several other large grands have
> the lowest plain steel wire at note F2.
> 
> Is there a reason for having these similarites in the scale design?  Did
> these companies all copy the same design?  Or is it just because for a
> given size of piano there is an ideal maximum string length and diameter
> for the lowest plain steel string?
> 
> Thanks!
> David A. Vanderhoofven
> Registered Piano Technician
> Joplin, MO
> 
> On my quest for more knowledge
> 
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