rescale bass strings

[David Love]

My experience with Mapes is that if they have the scale in their data bank
they use what they have rather than try and measure what you send them.  I
would be surprised if your original scaling ever crossed the threshold of
consciousness.  It's too bad, I'm sure your scale changes improved that M-it
certainly does benefit from some modifications.  BTW, couldn't you have just
sent them back after it was clear that they hadn't done what you asked and
then recalculated the thing again?

 

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 Mark Dierauf
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 8:09 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: rescale bass strings

 

Except that my version had 8 additional strings and double wrapped
monchords. It was also (deliberately) not identified as an M scale, although
I could see where an alert winder might have recognized that the lengths
matched those of an M scale. I was being facetious when I said that they
rescaled my samples, but they certainly did not duplicate either the
original design or my samples.

- Mark Dierauf

David Love wrote: 

I doubt that was a rescaling.  More likely they just produced the original
scale for the piano.  

 

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 Mark Dierauf
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 9:19 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: RE: rescale bass strings

 

Actually, Mapes does rescale, albeit to their own standards. I sent in a set
from an S&S M that I had laboriously (and successfully) rescaled in the
early 90's. These had been ruined when a student spilled some sort of liquid
on them and I had meanwhile lost the spec sheet for the rescaled strings. I
asked Mapes to copy them exactly and the new set came back with different
core & wrap sizes. All the improvements I had made were lost, and the tenor
wound strings (I had added 4 wound bichords) sounded so poorly as to be
almost untunable. Now I only use them for individual string replacements on
lesser quality pianos.

- Mark Dierauf



David Love wrote: 

Surprisingly, many are: Arledge, Sanderson, GC, JD Grandt, all make
alterations to scales routinely.  Only Mapes (that I know of) seems, as a
matter of policy, to abide by the original designs.  
 
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 pianoguru at cox.net
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:16 PM
To: Pianotech List; ilvey at sbcglobal.net
Subject: Re: rescale bass strings
 
Most string makers are not interested in "rescaling."  They prefer to
"duplicate" bass strings.  If you really want rescaling, go to James
Arledge.  His web site will tell you what information they need, or give
them a call to discuss what you want.  
 
I have no personal vested interest in Arledge strings, only experience with
positive results from his ventures.
 
Frank Emerson
 
 
 
  

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080324/9938fbf1/attachment.html