---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ron, Thanks for reminding me how this works! Don't think I ever tuned the instrument when it was at our store, because I was more involved in sales at the time(should I admit that??? flame suit on....) Dave Stahl In a message dated 8/24/02 9:07:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ron@overspianos.com.au writes: > These Ibach transposers are interesting. The one in Sydney we maintain is > owned by the Faber-Castell family (of pencil fame). > > > There is a lever under the keyboard (under the treble end) which is > depressed then shifted to a new position to relocate the rest position of > the action (to select the desired key). When the 'shift' lever is first > depressed, it lifts the damper tray to avoid damper lever damage when the > action is shifted. > > > The one we maintain, when at the 'key of C' position, has a standard > compass from A1 to A 85. The 'key position' can be adjusted four semitones > up and down from the C position. So the lowest note in the bass is the F > below A1 while the highest in the treble is C88. There are extra notes > either side of the bass/treble break which are required when the action is > shifted from the standard 'key of C' position. The plate is made with a > capo bar which extends through the entire compass of the instrument, > inverted agraffes are inserted into the capo to enable the string positions > to be evenly spaced from the bass/treble break to the very highest note. > The plate struts are quite elevated to allow for the strings to be located > under the struts where necessary. > > > Tuning these instruments is an interesting exercise, since the 'scale' is > laid in the C position, then as the bass/treble break is approached one > needs to 'change gears' to the lowest key to tune all strings in the tenor. > Once the tenor is tuned one has to 'change gears' again to the highest key, > to tune the highest notes in the bass section. Then 'low gear' needs to be > found again the lowest notes in the bass. > > > All in all, these 'formula 1' style tunings should attract a higher fee. > But then again, it makes a tuning day a little more interesting than usual. > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3f/3e/d7/88/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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