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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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reply. I
did not reply as Ron O had already supplied you with the correct =
information.
With a bit of thinking and observation, you should be able to work out =
that with
the bridge of the ‘forth’ string half way between the main =
bridge
and the capo bar, it would have to be of a higher pitch. When the =
bridges are
the same for both the tri-cord and the forth string, then the pitch is =
the
same. When tuned correctly, it does bring out a singing quality of the =
piano.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Farrell [mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 2 August =
2005 4:28
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Bluthner =
Tuning</span></font><span
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style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I had someone reply to me privately on this subject. =
He
suggested something that no one else had =
mentioned.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New =
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>"...there are two sections with the =
extra string.
in the lower section you tune the fourth string an octave higher than =
the notes
to which they correspond and in the upper section you tune the extra =
strings in
unison to the strings below."</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This information reportedly came from a Bluthner =
dealer. I'd
sure hate to be wrong and start breaking strings. Anyone else ever hear =
of
this? Is there any possibility that there were different scales that =
were tuned
differently?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Terry Farrell</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I just booked a first-time tuning for a Bluthner =
grand
(first time for me to tune it). It is said to be about 55 years old. Is =
this
piano likely to have the 4th string aliquot system up in the high =
treble? If
so, is there any special tuning techniques for it? I've never tuned one =
of
these. Just pluck it and tune it beatless with the other three strings =
of each
note?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
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