> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> > Date: January 20, 2010 12:44:24 AM EST > > Thanks. This is a rebuilt one with a section of the 4th strings missing (lower treble) and I’m wondering what gauge wire is typically there as compared with the supporting trichord strings. I don’t happen to recall and I don’t run into them that often. In fact, I can’t even recall now to what pitch they are tuned. My recollection is that in the lower treble section they are tuned an octave higher than the supporting trichord and in the higher treble section they are tuned in unison to the supporting trichord. That would suggest that the lower capo 4th string is lighter wire which would make sense otherwise it would be singing rather obnoxiously. Hi David, In the few I've seen and/or serviced, the aliquot strings in the lower treble section are terminated with thin agraffes emanating from a mini-bridge which is attached to the soundboard and bisects the space between the "real" agraffes and the "real" bridge. This means, of course, that they are tuned an octave higher. The aliquot strings in the high treble section are terminated with agraffes on the bridge (á la Sohmer), and are tuned at the same pitch with their respective unisons. As for the wire gauges used in the aliquot strings, they seem to be very fine wire in the lower section, though I never measured them. So, I can't answer your wire gauge question by direct experience; however, here is a post from the archives that does: --- Bluthner Wires Clark Sprague CSPRAGUE4 at woh.rr.com Sat May 5 16:00:08 MDT 2007 Sorry, Jurgen. Here is the info. Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: Clark Sprague To: Allen Wright Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 10:52 AM Subject: Bluthner Wires Dear Mr Sprague Thank you for yours of the 11th. If you were tuning a Bluthner 6' 3" fitted with Aliquot stringing, it would be known in the UK as a Style VIII. I regret I do not know of a company in the USA who would be able to help with the broken strings but there is an excellent company in the UK making very high quality strings who have the scaling of all Bluthner grands. All you would need to do is to advise them of the size, model, i.e., Style VIII, and perhaps the serial number and request the individual strings that you require as they have all scalings. The company is EKA, Heyford Galleries, High Street, Upper Heyford, Bicester, Oxon OX25 5LE, telephone (+44) 01869 232 282, fax (+44) 01869 233 190. I don't believe they have an email address as I understand in the background there is some religious reason for not wanting such electronic devices. However, we would recommend them and suggest you contact them direct with your requirements. Regarding the replacement stings on the Aliquot section, the scalings relate to the level at which they are tuned. Therefore, if you are tuning in the alto section and the Aliquot is tuned an octave higher, then the string gauge of the note an octave higher is the string gauge wanted. When tuning the notes in unison, it is the same string. So, as an example, if the Aliquot string related to C52 needs replacing, it will be the gauge the same as the trichord on note C64. Whereas, if the Aliquot on C76 is broken, it will be the same gauge as the trichord on C76. I hope this all helps and with all best wishes Yours sincerely R D Willson --------------------------------------------- Blüthner Piano Centre Ltd. 1 Davies Street Berkeley Square Mayfair LONDON W1K 3DB Tel. 020 7753 0533 Fax. 020 7753 0535 Email: info at bluthners.co.uk Website: www.bluthners.co.uk --- Joe DeFazio Pittsburgh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100120/9c1cbc00/attachment.htm>
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