Bluthner Tuning

[Kerry Cooper]

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Terry,

 

Ron O, said the same thing in his reply. I did not reply as Ron O had
already supplied you with the correct information. With a bit of thinking
and observation, you should be able to work out that with the bridge of the
'forth' string half way between the main bridge and the capo bar, it would
have to be of a higher pitch. When the bridges are the same for both the
tri-cord and the forth string, then the pitch is the same. When tuned
correctly, it does bring out a singing quality of the piano.

 

Kerry Cooper

 

Kerry Cooper 

Australasian Registered Piano Technician (ARPT)

Brisbane Piano Centre

(07)3809-0652

0412-033-379

brispiano@optushome.com.au

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From: Farrell [mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2005 4:28 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Bluthner Tuning

 

I had someone reply to me privately on this subject. He suggested something
that no one else had mentioned.

 

"...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."

 

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?

 

Terry Farrell

 

I just booked a first-time tuning for a Bluthner grand (first time for me to
tune it). It is said to be about 55 years old. Is this piano likely to have
the 4th string aliquot system up in the high treble? If so, is there any
special tuning techniques for it? I've never tuned one of these. Just pluck
it and tune it beatless with the other three strings of each note?

 

Terry Farrell


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