<!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 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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></BODY></HTML>