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<DIV><FONT size=2>Michael Gamble posted the same thing. I =
wondered that no
one else picked up on this... (Duplex Dan Franklin, we miss
you!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 01, 2005 =
2:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bluthner =
Tuning</DIV>
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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>
<DIV><EM></EM> </DIV>
<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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>