<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks -<div><br></div><div>I've got 2 70's D's and 2 brand new D's with so many problems that I'm just trying to tack down any original intentions. </div><div><br></div><div>My understanding has been that the back string does not send energy back to the speaking length but that if those lengths are 'in tune' they can help give a more full tone by ringing sympathetically with lower partials. Any possible truth?</div><div><br></div><div>Rob Loomis, RPT</div><div> <br><div><div>On Jul 15, 2012, at 8:31 AM, Ed Foote wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><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> <a href="http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html">http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</a></font></div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: helvetica, arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black; ">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>><br> To: caut <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</a>><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></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>