Bluthner Tuning

[Farrell]

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Hi Avery - I called up there about an hour ago and he said some 60 year =
old Bluthners will have the 4th string and some won't. If it does, some =
of the 4th strings in the lower treble will terminate at half the =
speaking length on some sort of rod that sticks up - those are the ones =
that get tuned an octave sharp (sounded to me like it will be pretty =
obvious when I see it). The 4th strings that are the same speaking =
length as the other unisons are tuned the same as the other three =
strings.

Terry Farrell
  I'd suggest contacting Jim Reeder. He's a Bluthner dealer and also a =
rebuilder.=20
  He helped me once on one I had to tune (my first one).=20

  http://www.reederpianos.com/

  Avery=20

  At 01:27 PM 8/1/05, you wrote:

    I had someone reply to me privately on this subject. He suggested =
something that no one else had mentioned.
    =20
    "...there are two sections with the extra string. in the lower =
section you tune the fourth string an octave higher than the notes to =
which they correspond and in the upper section you tune the extra =
strings in unison to the strings below."
    =20
    This information reportedly came from a Bluthner dealer. I'd sure =
hate to be wrong and start breaking strings. Anyone else ever hear of =
this? Is there any possibility that there were different scales that =
were tuned differently?
    =20
    Terry Farrell


      I just booked a first-time tuning for a Bluthner grand (first time =
for me to tune it). It is said to be about 55 years old. Is this piano =
likely to have the 4th string aliquot system up in the high treble? If =
so, is there any special tuning techniques for it? I've never tuned one =
of these. Just pluck it and tune it beatless with the other three =
strings of each note?



      Terry Farrell

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