Mystery piano research

[Farrell]

On a small grand you have so much opportunity to improve the stringing scale by rescaling. Right you are Greg. It will also present the opportunity to get rid of those wound tricords. You will also likely convert some number of low tenor plain tricords of wound bicords.

I have had David Sanderson of Sanderson Accustring do rescaling (and make the bass strings) on pianos like this with excellent results.

IMHO, I would not even consider restringing the piano with the original scale.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: Mystery piano research


> 
> Maybe you shouldn't worry about what brand it is or isn't and create a new 
> stringing scale. You have the opportunity to make it better than it was in 
> the first place. Wouldn't you rather do that?
> 
> best,
> Greg Newell
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:23 AM 1/31/2003, you wrote:
> 
> >I've finally undertaken the five foot one inch grand project that is in 
> >the shop.  After some inspection, I located the serial number stamped into 
> >the keybed in such a fashion that it can hardly be read, but it is 
> >something like 51xxx.
> >
> >In this piano the una corda pedal moves the keyboard to the left, and the 
> >middle pedal raises the bass dampers all together.
> >
> >The bass has 10 notes with 1 wound string each, 8 notes with 2 wound 
> >strings each, and 10 notes with 3 wound strings each of which the strings 
> >for six notes cross the treble bridge (are above the break).
> >
> >The string scale, if my micrometer measurements are correct, is:  8 at 13, 
> >10 at 14, 6 at 15, 12 at 16, 12 at 16.5, 6 at 17.5, and 6 at 19.  I took 
> >measurements to compare it to the Klepac Chart, and there is a fair amount 
> >of deviation.
> >
> >In John W. Travis' book, A Guide to Restringing, the only scale listed 
> >that comes close is for the Hallet and Davis Grand.  If the piano is a 
> >Hallet and Davis, it was built in 1902.
> >
> >I am wondering whether anyone on the list has a better suggestion for the 
> >brand of piano.  And I am wondering whether anyone on the list has 
> >experience with and/or information regarding Hallet and Davis (other than 
> >what is in the Pierce PIano Atlas).
> >
> >Actually, if someone is confident that this is not a Hallet and Davis, 
> >that would also be helpful.
> >
> >Arlie Rauch
> >Glendive, MT
> >
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> 
> Greg Newell
> mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net 
> 


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