Strange scale question,

[J Patrick Draine]

Stephen,
I would look at it as a nudge toward taking all pertinent measurements
and passing them on to someone (there are several) who can generate a
(hopefully) more rational scale, including of course the bass strings.
Guesstimates should be thing of the past.
Patrick Draine

On 7/10/06, Stephen Grattan <lostchordclinic at ameritech.net> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
>
> I am tearing down a Gerhard Heintzman upright grand ( yeah, I know) piano
> and have run into scaling like I've not seen before and am looking for some
> input.
>
> The top three unisons are strung with .027 (size 11?) wire.  The entire
> scale measures thus -
>
> .027- 11 -  3 unisons
> .030- 12.5 -  6
> .032 - 13.5 - 6
> .034 - 14.5 - 8
> .036 - 15.5 - 8
> .037 - 16 - 8
> .039 - 17 - 6
> .041 - 18 - 6
> .043 - 19 - 4
> .045 - 20 - 4
> for a total of 63 plain string unisons.
>
>  Should I use # 11 string or what would you suggest?  I have restrung 200
> plus pianos including several Heintzmans and have nor found this before.
>
> Steve Grattan
> Lost Chord Clinic