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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wonder if more than one wire size was used for the
scale?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regarding the tuning: would it make sense that each
note is 12 cents wide (1200/97=approx 12 cents)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So it is said that each p5th on the keyboard would
be equal to a semi-tone. If equal temperament were tuned then all p5ths would be
in tune.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To fill in the notes between the semi tone 5ths
would be setting whatever beat rate is correct for 12 cents from note to note -
all the same and when you tune 8 of them and get to a p5th (semi tone) it should
all fit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could it work?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com
href="mailto:pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com">Jurgen Goering</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:58
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> 1/16th tone piano; was: question
for the tuning masters</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>There are a few interesting sidelines to making this piano. It
is a special plate of course, and it is obvious that the instrument is
straight (parallel) strung. The keyboard with its 97 keys is pretty wide!
(Although it only goes down to C3, I believe <g>). I understand there
are dampers all the way to the top. To collect all the hammers for each
microtone instrument took a while - they were "pinched", one at a time, from
97 sets of Abel hammers.<BR><?smaller>Jurgen Goering<BR>Piano Forte
Supply<BR>(250)
754-2440<BR>info@pianofortesupply.com<BR>http://www.pianofortesupply.com<BR><?/smaller>
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