Some months ago, I posted an appeal for help in dealing with a basket
case reproducing grand that someone else had started and I acquired it
without treble strings or scaling documentation.

Among those who responded with help and advice was Doug Rhodes from
Victoria, BC.    It seems that Doug had previously developed a
spreadsheet that would help with my problem, and he kindly shared it
with me, after fine tuning it and its formulae.

After receiving the package, I undertook to convert the Excel
spreadsheet into the lowest level of Lotus 1-2-3 (.WK1/ALL), and its
companion Microsoft Word 6.0 documentation into the lowest level ASCII
documentation.     I have uploaded into Jody's FTP site both packages:

    STRNG-WE.ZIP - for Word/Excel
    STRNG-AL.ZIP - for ASCII/Lotus 1-2-3

 [ Editors Note:  The files won't be visible until Friday (sorry).
 [ They will be known as:
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 [     ftp://ftp.foxtail.com/pub/automatic-music/misc/strng-we.zip
 [     ftp://ftp.foxtail.com/pub/automatic-music/misc/strng-al.zip
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 [ Jody

For those among us who do not have Microsoft Word 6.0 or Excel, the
other file should be acceptable into most any word processor or
spreadsheet.

Here's Doug's introduction to his documentation:

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The "Calculating Technician" spreadsheets are derived from a series of
articles of the same name by Dave Roberts, which originally appeared in
The Piano Technicians Journal in the early 1980's.  The spreadsheet
adaptation was developed by:

    Douglas K. Rhodes, R.P.T.
    2859 Leigh Road, Victoria, B.C.  V9B 4G5  CANADA
    Tel: (604) 478-2231
    drhodes@IslandNet.com

No remuneration is expected nor accepted for the use of this
adaptation. Treat it as freeware.

Two versions are available from me for the Macintosh on 800K discs.
They are written with Excel 3.0a . They are formatted as "stationery"
files - one in English units, and one in metric.  They are identical in
all other respects.

All abbreviations for entered and calculated factors are the same as
used by Dave Roberts in his articles, and all formulas (except T -
tension, which is modified to accommodate the pitch option described
below) are adapted for spreadsheet application essentially un-changed.

All cell entry references in this text are in accordance with the Excel
designations for rows and columns, and will correspond to the sample
calculations and formulas handouts. Enter all appropriate file
information at top left of data file, column 2.  Be sure to identify
whether data is original or modified. If you modify the data, SAVE the
original data as a separate file.

It is highly recommended that you purchase and read The Calculating
Technician by Dave Roberts, the book form of his articles, which is
available from the PTG.

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Many thanks Doug, very much appreciated.

Regards,

Terry