Tony Marsico wrote:

> Hi,  Does anyone have an original scale for a Marshall and
> Wendell Ampico grand, 5' 4".  The scale was not original when
> I removed the strings and I'd like to put it back the way it
> was built originally. Any help would be appreciated.

Same thing happened to me with a different piano.  See:

  http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/Digests/199604/1996.04.24.01.html
  http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives/Digests/199607/1996.07.03.06.html

The latter entry includes a clickable link to a computer formula to
calculate string dimensions, as prepared by Doug Rhodes.  I uploaded
that formulae to MMD back in 1996.  When I tried it a few minutes ago,
I got an error message.  Perhaps Robbie or Jody could look into this.

 [ The story and files are now at http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/
 [ See "Mathematics of Stringing" near the bottom.
 [ -- Robbie

Regards,

Terry Smythe
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
http://www.mts.net/~smythe