Hey, What's that attachment? Viral? g At 01:38 PM 2/1/2006 -0600, you wrote: >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 >>fourth string is tuned an octave higher than the unisons before the high >>treble break? >> >>Also, could you provide me with the definition of Aliquot strings. Is >>that the manufacturer or what the fourth string is called? >> >>Thanks again. >> >>Aart > > >Merriam-Webster online says: > >Main Entry:al·i·quot >[] > >Pronunciation:'a-l&-"kwät, -kw&t >Function:adjective >Etymology:Medieval Latin aliquotus, from Latin aliquot some, several, from >alius other + quot how many -- more at ><http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/else>ELSE, ><http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/quote>QUOTE >1 : contained an exact number of times in something else -- used of a >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 >of invested capital> >- aliquot noun > > >Translated into pianoese it could be (1) the agraffe which suspends that >4th string and thus terminates that string at an even multiple of the >struck strings - unison and octave in the case of Blüthner, (2) the string >itself, or (3) a bar resting on the plate which produces some higher >number (but still, a whole integer) as found in the "duplex scales" such >as Steinway. > > > > > > > > >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. > >_______________________________________________ >Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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