When making curved staircases in todays large homes with 9' ceilings, the outside stringers can reach lenghts of 22' and longer.
I use a lamination of 3 layers of 3/8" bendable plywood and one layer of 1/4" birch ply.
The pics. below show the process;
I have made a tapered jig which I use with a router to make a scarf joint.
Three lenghts of ply are glued together. The laminations are put into a 26' vacuum bag and mounted to a makeshift stud wall.
Removed from the bag, the stringers are routed with a template. The joints that show are covered with High Proformance Wood Filler and sanded.
Richard