Bass string scaling question

[David Love]

Ideally, all of them.  But it's difficult if not impossible on existing
bridges and you have to make compromises.  That's the nature of my question.
When forced to compromise, what do people prefer.  I tend to emphasize
tension.  The Z effect is not always consistent and (soundboard and end of
bridge effects aside) I'm not sure why.  As Ron mentioned, when you can lay
it out from scratch, you can achieve a smooth curve with all three.  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 
www.davidlovepianos.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Dean May
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 12:45 PM
To: 'Pianotech List'
Subject: RE: Bass string scaling question

>The goal in scaling (for me) is to create overall balance and smooth
transitions between sections.  
David Love

So David, what criteria do you like to smooth: tension, harmonicity, or
loudness?

Dean

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