Technical #5 reply

James Grebe pianoman@inlink.com
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:06:47 -0600


Hi Del,  You knew the answer right off.  I have been wondering about those
all these years.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G
pianoman@inlink.com
Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in
St. Louis, MO
-----Original Message-----
From: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: Technical #5


>If memory serves, these indicate the points where wire sizes change.
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>Del
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>Ron Nossaman wrote:
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>> Great! I'll play too. I tuned an Acrosonic and a Hamilton studio
yesterday
>> and took note of where the little 'hash' marks, cast into the plate just
>> below a row of tuning pins through tenor and treble, fell in the scale.
The
>> Acrosonic had them at the C's and F#'s and the Hamilton had them at F#3,
>> A#4, D4, F#4, A#5, C6, G#6, and E7. Chip tuning guide markers, I presume?
>> What other patterns were used on different pianos, and why?
>>
>>  Ron
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