Steinway Stringing Scales

Model S

12 1/2-2, 13-4, 13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-5, 15-6, 15 1/2-6, 16-5, 16 1/2-6, 17-12, 18-2, 19-2

Note: Older models prior to serial no.280900 can start with 13-6, omitting size 12 1/2.1

Model M

13-6, 13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-5, 15-6, 15 1/2-6, 16-5, 16 1/2-6, 17-12, 18-2, 19-4

Model O & L

13-6, 13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-5, 15-6, 15 1/2-6, 16-6, 16 1/2-6, 17-12, 18-8

Note: Some model O’s prior to 1904 (serial no. 99300) have wound bichord on notes 27 & 28, hence having 18-6 instead of 18-8.2 These models have a straight bass bridge instead of curved one. Give your bass string maker the piano’s serial number and advise them whether or not the bass bridge is curved or straight.

Model A1 88 note

13-6, 13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-4, 15-6, 15 1/2-6, 16-6, 16 1/2-5, 17-12, 18-6

Model A1 85 note

13-4, 13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-4, 15-5, 15 1/2-6, 16-6, 16 1/2-5, 17-12, 18-6

Model A2 & A3

13-6, 13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-4, 15-6, 15 1/2-6, 16-6, 16 1/2-5, 17-12, 18-4, 19-4, 20-2

Model B

13-6, 13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-4, 15-6, 15 1/2-6, 16-6, 16 1/2-5, 17-12, 18-8, 19-5, 20-2

Model B 85 note

13-4, 13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-4, 15-5, 15 1/2-6, 16-6, 16 1/2-5, 17-12, 18-8, 19-5, 20-2

Model C

13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-4, 15-5, 15 1/2-8, 16-6, 16 1/2-4, 17-3, 17 1/2-4, 18-8, 19-8, 20-8, 21-2

Model D

13 1/2-4, 14-4, 14 1/2-4, 15-5, 15 1/2-8, 16-6, 16 1/2-6, 17-8, 18-6, 19-7, 20-6, 21-4

Notes

  1. Roy F. Kehl and David R. Kirkland, The Official Guide to Steinway Pianos (Milwaukee: Amadeus Press 2011) 207.
  2. Ibid., 143, 197, 199.

Alternative Grid Style Layout of Treble Wire Scale

12.51313.51414.51515.51616.51717.518192021
D444586686764
C4445864348882
B6444666512852
A6444666512442
O/L64456656128
M644566561224
S2444566561223
K New York644444961011
K Hamburg644444413811
V64444441389
P 45/10982444446561223