Hi John, That might be exactly what I need. I will be able to tell from the bass string lengths. Thanks Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:16 AM Subject: Re: zing went the strings woops > A Guide to Restringing, by John Travis has the scale for an HC Bay grand > ser. #20348. > It may not be the same size, but might be a place to start. > I could send it to you. > John > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 9:05 AM > Subject: Re: zing went the strings woops > > > > Measure all the speaking lengths and the bass string diameters (core & > > windings) and have a qualified string scale designer make you a new scale. > > The designer may also have some comments on the existing bass dimensions. > > > > Years ago, with the first piano I restrung, it was delivered to me with no > > strings at all and no string data. David Sanderson developed a nice scale > > for me and made my bass strings. The piano sounded better than it had any > > right to (1920s Estey micro-grand). > > > > Terry Farrell > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> Today I was given my winters work, a 1921 H C Bay grand. > >> A local tech delivered it in pieces, totally dismantled. > >> All the parts seem to be there, but the kicker is that there are new bass > >> strings from Schaff, > >> but no record was made of the plain wire. > >> Could one extrapolate the plain wire sizes from the bass > >> strings by measuring them and running the string lengths of the unwound > >> strings? > >> How should I procede? > >> Joe Goss RPT > > > > >
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