<font color='black' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Greetings, </font> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">   I believe their placement more directly affects the bearing angle than the harmonic involvement. They sympathetically produce a smear of high partials, so don't know that 'tuning' is an option. </font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Regards,<br> </font><br> <div style="font-size: 13px; clear: both; "><font color="black" face="arial" size="2">Ed Foote RPT<br> http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</font></div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net><br> To: caut <caut@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sat, Jul 14, 2012 5:10 pm<br> Subject: Re: [CAUT] St. D Aliquot bar specs<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_b16d1739-2c9e-4fb4-981d-349b3cda16c6" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>On 7/14/2012 4:35 PM, Dr. Henry Nicolaides wrote: > It is my understanding that the Steinway aliquot is not designed to give > any specific frequency but give rise to random sympathetic vibration. > I have checked this trying to "tune" the aliquoit with some degree of > frustration. Maybe someone else can clear up this mystery. > Henry Nicolaides > Piano Technician, southern Illinois University </tt></pre> </div>  </div> </div> </font>