<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sounds like Jimi Hendrix is back from the dead and = playing piano!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:linda.laserbeam@home.se" = title=linda.laserbeam@home.se>Linda Stråhle</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 06, 2000 = 11:47 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> clean unisons + = Bluthner gossip</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I´m thinking about if there is a = differnse how to tune a unison with loop around the hitchpin or if it is three = separate strings in the unison. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Like on Bosendorfer, Bluthner and others.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I met a japanese tech at Bluthner = trained first in Japan and then at Bosendorfer. He now works at Bluthner . He said = that he tuned wide unisons.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I never thought about that until now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another friend from Bluthner told me = some days ago that they are making a totally inverted grandpiano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So the highest treblenote will be on = the left side of the keyboard and the last bassnote on the right = side.!!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How weird is that?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are only doing one ( yet ) = specially designed for an american guy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The story is that he was walking = around at the Frankfurk Musikmesse and asked all the manufacturers if the could = build him this piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Everyone said now except = Bluthner.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The instrument is not finished yet. = Will be in some months, said my friend.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Imagine how music will sound on that = piano or how difficult it would be to tune it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To do the temperament with a mirror = on the side to hit the right notes..</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Totally inverted,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linda Stråhle</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sweden</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>