Don, If I remember correctly, these only sound a step or so above the speaking length pitch. Or maybe it was an octave and a step. The closer the bars are to the speaking length, the higher the pitch. Is this correct? Does anyone know how I could determine how these should be set? Thanks for the reply Don. Getting confused, :-) Avery >In general, Kawai sets the aliquot bars so that they are tuned >slightly sharp of some interval. The high treble bar in most models >is set to 1 octave above the speaking length - but the KG-6C could be >different. > >Before everyone asks why Kawai sets them a little sharp, the answer >is I don't know. It's one of those questions I've never heard a >definitive answer to. My guess is that sharp is better than flat for >maintaining sustain, so the bars are set to make sure none of the >notes will end up flat. Even the EX pianos, in which the bars are >hand placed, are tuned sharp. > >Don Mannino RPT > >-----Original Message----- >From: Avery Todd [SMTP:atodd@UH.EDU] >Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 2:36 PM >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Kawai KG-6C > >Don M. & list, > > Yesterday I tuned a KG-6C #597746 which has been restrung by a >local technician. My question is about the rear duplex 'bars'. > Is there a way to tell if they've been repositioned correctly? The >bars in both top sections are almost all the way back to the hitch pins. >I once restrung the predecessor to this model (a No. 650 ? I think it >was) and I don't remember them being that far back. > I'm primarily asking because there are some strange sounding tones >in most of the upper section. Also, when plucking the speaking length >and the waste length of the same string, there doesn't seem to be any >relation at all to each other in pitch. > Just another of my weak areas. This piano may be getting new >hammers, etc. late this summer, so I want to make any corrections >needed (if any) while it's in for that. Thanks. > >Avery ___________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu http://www.music.uh.edu/
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