scaling problem

[David Ilvedson]

Ed, 

Apparently you are right at a wire change?   I'd probably go with which ever has 2 out of the 3 strings...one is tied?   Would help to know the name of the piano...someone probably has the scale.   If the problem is that you change the unison with one size and now it doesn't work out at the strut...????, you will have a tied string at the strut

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, California



----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "ed miller" <edmiller3 at hotmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 4/17/2006 7:34:46 PM
Subject: scaling problem


>I am restringing an entire piano for the first time.

>I have encountered a unison with 2 different sized wires in it (sizes 15.5 
>and 16). I am sure that this is the case (ie, this is not due to an 
>incorrect mesaurement).

>My question is....what are my options for restringing?

>The piano I am working on is my own project for learning purposes. I am 
>trying to spend as little money as possible (so I do not want to pay for it 
>to be rescaled... besides, isn't it too late since I can't take approriate 
>measurements with it already de-strung?).

>Should I restring it the way it was? Should I add some single strings to 
>make all unsions contain the same wire size within themslves? What 
>else.....?

>Thanks in advance.
>Ed