<html> <body> Cy, Maybe I'm wrong, but as far as I understand, Dan's postings about the duplex thing has nothing to do with the Bluthner! Am I wrong? Avery At 01:31 PM 8/1/05, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Michael Gamble posted the same thing.  I wondered that no one else picked up on this...  (Duplex Dan Franklin, we miss you!).   --Cy-- <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a> <dd>Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:27 PM <dd>Subject: Re: Bluthner Tuning <dd>I had someone reply to me privately on this subject. He suggested something that no one else had mentioned. <dd>  <dd>"...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." <dd>  <dd>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? <dd>  <dd>Terry Farrell </dl></blockquote></body> </html>