>Sorry to hear about your experience. Sounds kinda strange though. All the >churches I service have newer Yamaha U-3s in the choir rooms, and new >Shimmel grands in the sanctuaries! I've got some good ones too. This was just one of the too many what ain't. >..................and then I had another dream.................... > >I wish I understood exactly what you were trying to describe with this >equal-tension scale. I need to start educating myself on scale design theory >(and about 83 other major topics!). Is there a text that does a good job >covering the basics? Thanks. > >Terry Farrell It's real easy to picture with a graphed scale (spreadsheet, whatever). Normally, going down scale from C-8, the speaking lengths progress (in some semblance of) logarithmically. At each wire change (increase), the tension takes a jump up. This shows up on the graph as a saw tooth sort of line. In an equal tension scale, the speaking lengths aren't a log progression, but are offset at the wire changes (saw tooth), so the tension ends up the same through the plain wire scale. These jags in the bridge pin pattern are really obvious once you notice them. I have no idea what they thought the benefits were to doing this, but it's interesting to me that I keep running across them. Makes me wonder how many manufacturers tried this, and why. Ron N
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