89 note scale

[philromano@attglobal.net]

Ditto here Bob. I lifted the damper with my finger and plucked it and tuned
it to G#0. I don't see how it could possibly matter though. There is no key
to lift the damper and therefore no way for the note to sound!

I'm really curious as to how the manufacturer didn't miss this!

Phil Romano
Myrtle Beach, SC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Wilson" <pianotechnicianuk@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: 89 note scale


>
>
> >   Hello list,
> >
> >   I had an interesting piano to work on yesterday.
> > An old Yamaha (grey market #13178 circa 1931) six
> > foot grand (#3 scale on plate) has eighty-nine notes
> > in the scale! As I tuned down the bass everything
> > was as normal until I got to A 0. There appeared to
> > be an extra bass string. At first I thought that the
> > hammer was mis aligned. The last shank had been
> > replaced and the screw was not a great fit. As I
> > checked and re-checked I determined there was an
> > extra note. Twenty-three notes in the bass (on the
> > action) and twenty-four on the plate. I eventually
> > counted all the notes from C-8 down (three times!)
> > and it checked out every time. I finally convinced
> > myself I wan't crazy. Has anyone ever seen this
> > before? What could the explanation be?
> >
> >   Phil Romano
> >
>
>
> Phil,
>
> I once tuned a German grand with an extra trichord of
> strings past the top note!  It was a 7 octave, the
> last hammer struck the top A - then this extra
> trichord which I tuned by plucking! - (felt I had to
> do something with it!!
>
>
> Bob Wilson
> London.
>
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