At 09:53 9/18/2003 -0700, you wrote: >At 12:34 AM 9/18/2003 +0200, you wrote: >>The one I sevice needs an octave up on the 4th... I like to set them >>just a tad sharp... seems to sound better to my ear. I believe some >>Bluthners have a different arrangement for the extra string. You might >>drop them a line >> >>RicB > >The Blüthners I've tuned have had the fourth string as a unison. How >old were yours, Ric? > >Susan The first (old) Blüthner I ever tuned had unison 4th strings in the top section and a separate bridge in the second section to hold agraffe type things for 8va 4th strings. Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 - Education is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.
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