Need Tuning chart for Extended E9 4+5

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Leonard Imbery
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Need Tuning chart for Extended E9 4+5

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I'm just getting back into steel guitar after being away for about 15 yrs. (crazy, I know as I've enjoyed a break from all that tuning and heavy lifting ;-)) I used to play a Sho-bud S10 E9 3+2 (barely I might add)
and I've bought a gently used Fessenden extended E9 12 string guitar which should be here in a day or two...
I'm looking for a standard Emmons setup tuning chart for this (including the tempered offsets as well as string gauges)...I know there are probably many "standards" but I think the new guitar is set up pretty much the most common way...
Now to figure out what I'm going to do with those extra strings....

Edit: I just noticed on an old chart I found in an MSA book that the S12 E9th setup is exactly the same as a 10 string E9 with the added G# and E strings....just wondering why there's no pedal or lever changing these strings like the other G# and E?...because they're too heavy?
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Ext E9

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Here's a 10 string set-up...I tried a 12 but ended up back here...All the chords are there... :D Larry
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Thanks for the chart...Boy, every chart I come across uses different guages for the strings....If I buy a set that has unusual gauges, will I have to tweak my tuning for the pulls etc? I'd imagine I would have to?
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Ext E9

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There are charts that recommend certain gauges for any pitch...If you don't find one, I'll get one out of my library and send it tomorrow. Several string makers/sellers will put together your desired gauges... :) Larry
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I use a standard Geo-L 10 string E9th set and add a .045 for 11th G# and a .054 for 12th E.
Not sure about the age of the MSA chart you have, but I do raise the 11th G# to A along with 3&6 on B pedal and I lower 12th E - C# on my LKL along with 4&8 E-F change.

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so many gauge setups

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Wow...I'm not even sure what gauges are on there now and the previous owner doesn't know either so I bought a micrometer and will measure (I'm so lazy that I don't want to re-tune everything for new strings) so I can order the same gauges...
Every chart I've come across is different...
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