Technical #5

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi John:

Maybe for blind stringers, but not for blind tuners because they are 
under the strings.

Jim coleman, Sr.

On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, John Freeman wrote:

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> Ron Nossaman wrote:
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> > >I am putting these questions on in an attempt to help get the list back to
> > >the more interesting things.
> > >
> > >Jim Coleman, Sr.
> >
> > Great! I'll play too. I tuned an Acrosonic and a Hamilton studio yesterday
> > and took note of where the little 'hash' marks, cast into the plate just
> > below a row of tuning pins through tenor and treble, fell in the scale. The
> > Acrosonic had them at the C's and F#'s and the Hamilton had them at F#3,
> > A#4, D4, F#4, A#5, C6, G#6, and E7. Chip tuning guide markers, I presume?
> > What other patterns were used on different pianos, and why?
> >
> >  Ron
> 
>   At the time Baldwin started the "hash" marks I understood that they were for
> the benefit of blind tuners, for general location on the scale.
> 
> John Freeman
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