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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>How old was the =
Baldwin M? Did it
have vertical hitches? If so, welcome to the wonderful world of =
SynchroTone
strings--the core and wrap sizes tend to jump all over the place. Hence, =
so does
inharmonicity and the harmonic structure of the strings. It's not really =
random,
it just seems that way. These pianos are a good reason to work on one's =
aural
tuning skills. Especially in the bass.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rstrang@pa.inter.net =
href="mailto:rstrang@pa.inter.net">Richard
Strang</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech (E-mail)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 18, 2003 1:26 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Baldwin</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=050301520-18072003>Hi, =
all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=050301520-18072003> I just =
took a vacation
back in Illinois, and while I was there, I tuned my brother's Baldwin =
M grand.
I brought my Sat lll along just for the occasion.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=050301520-18072003> =
Everything went
fine with the tuning until I reached the first single string in the =
bass. I
put it where the Sat said to put it, but it didn't sound right. My =
brother has
a better musical ear than I and said it sounded sharp. Aurally, it was =
tuned
6:3 as it should, but there was a strong beat higher up. That piano =
and my
brother were not satisfied until I tuned those last 10 strings 12:6! =
Can you
imagine? Have any of you ran into a similar situation? It sounded good =
that
way, so that's the way it stayed.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=050301520-18072003>Richard
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