Bluthner Tuning

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

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At 01:53 PM 2/1/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Susan and Cy.
>
>Am I understanding correctly that in "older" Bluthner piano tunings, the=20
>fourth string is tuned an octave higher than the unisons before the high=20
>treble break?
>
>Also, could you provide me with the definition of Aliquot strings.  Is=20
>that the manufacturer or what the fourth string is called?
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Aart


Merriam-Webster online says:

Main Entry:al=B7i=B7quot
[]

Pronunciation:'a-l&-"kw=E4t, -kw&t
Function:adjective
Etymology:Medieval Latin aliquotus, from Latin aliquot some, several, from=
=20
alius other + quot how many -- more at=20
<http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/else>ELSE,=20
<http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/quote>QUOTE
1 : contained an exact number of times in something else -- used of a=20
divisor or part <5 is an aliquot part of 15> <an aliquot portion of a=
 solution>
2 : <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/fractional>FRACTIONAL <an aliquot part=20
of invested capital>
- aliquot noun


Translated into pianoese it could be (1) the agraffe which suspends that=20
4th string and thus terminates that string at an even multiple of the=20
struck strings - unison and octave in the case of Bl=FCthner, (2) the string=
=20
itself, or (3) a bar resting on the plate which produces some higher number=
=20
(but still, a whole integer) as found in the "duplex scales" such as=
 Steinway.




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Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
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