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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I had someone reply to me privately on this =
subject. He
suggested something that no one else had mentioned.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>"...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."</EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=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?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>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?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Terry
Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>