[pianotech] Bluthner 4th string

[David Love]

That's interesting.  It appears that the orientation of the aliquots is such
that the 4th string provides no additional bearing.  I think these may have
been removed because they were too noisy which makes me wonder if the gauge
and pitch were not correct.  If the lower treble strings are set to the same
frequency as the note rather than one octave higher they will really make a
lot of noise.  

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

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Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bluthner 4th string

 

Don't forget that it  is common for aliquot strings on old Bluthners to be
taken off altogether, and the missing section on your piano was presumably
removed to relieve the soundboard of the extra stress.  

 

ric

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