Re: Custom Piano Strings
By Bob Conant
In a message dated 96-04-26 02:22:32 EDT, Craig Broucher writes:
> The overall point is this: It doesn't matter whose software or
> books you buy. None of them can give you the exact scale of the
> original piano strings. But basically, unless you wind your own, what
> good is that information going to do you by the time you have sent a
> pattern to the string maker? He is going to use his own scale in any
> event. And he isn't even going to mike the original strings! He has
> what is called a "scale stick." Once he has laid out your strings, he
> will know how to duplicate them.
I am quite sure that Bill Koenigsberg, Concord, MA, has found a string manufacturer that will make a set of strings to your exact specifications including guage and length of string and guage of winding. Bill has done several Mason and Hamlin pianos and has obtained exact duplicates of original strings after purchasing several "sets" offered by at least two manufacturers made from their scale sticks.
Bob Conant
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