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I am beginning to look at the restoration of a Buntlebart square of 1781 which came with most of the wire missing. Does anyone have an accurate historical scaling for this instrument?
Karl,
The Handbook of Historical Stringing Practice by Rose and Law give the scale for a 1784 Buntebart and Sievers of 1784 which will work nicely for this one. I assume you are familiar with note terminology; I’ll quote from C-f3, and give you the best recommendation for the overspun I know if yours goes below this as I suspect:
C to C# – 0.59/0.39
D to F# – 0.59/0.30
G to G# – 0.50/ 0.25
A to A# – 0.70
B to f – 0.64
f# to g# – 0.59
a to a# – 0.54
b – 0.51
c1 to f#1 – 0.46
g1 to f2 – 0.41
f#2 to a#2- 0.38
b3 to f3 – 0.35
A rather complicated scaling, but I suspect it was done to settle some problems.
For lower notes, depending on what this one of yours has:
FF to AA# – 0.70/0.42
AA# to B – 0.63/0.42