---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment At 01:53 PM 2/1/2006 -0500, you wrote: >Hello Susan and Cy. > >Am I understanding correctly that in "older" Bluthner piano tunings, the=20 >fourth string is tuned an octave higher than the unisons before the high=20 >treble break? > >Also, could you provide me with the definition of Aliquot strings. Is=20 >that the manufacturer or what the fourth string is called? > >Thanks again. > >Aart Merriam-Webster online says: Main Entry:al=B7i=B7quot [] Pronunciation:'a-l&-"kw=E4t, -kw&t Function:adjective Etymology:Medieval Latin aliquotus, from Latin aliquot some, several, from= =20 alius other + quot how many -- more at=20 <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/else>ELSE,=20 <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/quote>QUOTE 1 : contained an exact number of times in something else -- used of a=20 divisor or part <5 is an aliquot part of 15> <an aliquot portion of a= solution> 2 : <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/fractional>FRACTIONAL <an aliquot part=20 of invested capital> - aliquot noun Translated into pianoese it could be (1) the agraffe which suspends that=20 4th string and thus terminates that string at an even multiple of the=20 struck strings - unison and octave in the case of Bl=FCthner, (2) the string= =20 itself, or (3) a bar resting on the plate which produces some higher number= =20 (but still, a whole integer) as found in the "duplex scales" such as= Steinway. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 1481ac0.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 1523 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/25/a7/50/40/1481ac0.jpg ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score, - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap. ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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