[pianotech] Fw: Steinway duplex scale

[David Love]

They probably tried this until they came up with the tuned duplex and
movable aliquots for that model.  The later Model O has the regular aliquots
but I don't recall the transition ear.  I usually grind them off and either
install vertical hitches or a small diameter brass half round pushed back
against the hitch pins to lengthen the backscale segment as much as
possible.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com


-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of James Grebe
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 1:27 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: [pianotech] Fw: Steinway duplex scale


> Hi,
>
> I may have asked this before.  This is one of several Steinway (O)'s I 
> have come across that instead of the duplex aliquots in the top 3 
> sections of strings they have a regular raised bars instead.  The rest 
> of the scaling is normal.  Do you know why they tried this for and how 
> long and how many years they tried this.  This one is from 1906
>
> Jim
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