Del, Thank you VERY much for the reply! I chose not to use his service because of his insistence that he would change whatever I had sent him if he saw fit. Knowing that he would agree to adhere to the design sent sort of changes things now doesn't it? I just may have to give his service a try. Not that Mapes has done anything wrong. Best, Greg At 12:04 AM 4/8/2005, you wrote: > > >| -----Original Message----- >| From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org >| [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Greg Newell >| Sent: April 07, 2005 8:10 PM >| To: Pianotech >| Subject: Re: The "Jolly Loop" was RE: Andres punchings >| >| I spoke with Mr. Arledge once at the convention in Chicago >| and asked him about scale designs. He mentioned that he >| changed bass scales on everything he made. I asked if I did >| my own scale and sent it to him , would he replicate my >| design or change it? He indicated that he would probably >| change it if he saw the need to. This is all paraphrased from >| a poor memory but that is what I remember. I have not tried >| his strings being rather happy with Mapes who follows what I >| send them quite faithfully. I wonder if Del's recalculated >| scale was actually produced or not. >| >| Greg Newell > > >Jim and I have also had some discussions on this. And, yes, my scales are >produced quite accurately. I measure each string of each set just to be >sure. He >comes as close as anyone else has, and much closer than most. > >Del > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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