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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I tuned an old Mason & Hamlin AA today with Rosewood front duplex bars, that are starting to disintegrate. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Will Truitt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Boyce<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 08, 2012 1:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Early Duplex Scale<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Oh that's interesting Jurgen, thanks. Let's settle for them being Rosewood then! Still nobody has a name for this piano part! Is there a name in German? How would it translate in English if so? Accordinmg to Allen Wright, Steinway just called them "duplexes". Other makes must call them something, when they are ordering them in the factory!<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div name="Compose message area" id=MailContainerBody><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>I have a 1911 Rönisch<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> grand that has a rosewood hardwood rear bearing strip,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> but it is continuous.</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><br><br><span class=apple-style-span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Jurgen Goering</span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Best regards,<br><br>David.<br><a href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk">www.davidboyce.co.uk</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>