model B wire gauges & string calculations

[Ron Nossaman]

> The scale is not surprisingly quite similar to the 'modern' B. There's a 
> gaping tension hole from F21 to C#29, and for the lowest singles. No 
> surprises why Ron Nossaman designed a nine note transition bridge from 
> F21 to C#29 for the remanufactured model B he exhibited at the recent 
> Rochester national PTG convention. 

Yup. Seven actually would have done it with a different long 
bridge sweep, but that left what I considered too short a back 
scale on B-2 #27, so I took it up a couple of notches to C#-3 
#29.


> We need to believe that we can make a difference in our own lifetime, by 
> not putting our collective heads in the sand. 

We're working on it. Just keep on pluggin'.

Ron N