Bluthner Tuning

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Thank you Conrad for the definition.

Aart

On Feb 1, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> 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 fourth string is tuned an octave higher than the unisons before 
>> the high treble break?
>>
>> Also, could you provide me with the definition of Aliquot strings.  
>> Is that the manufacturer or what the fourth string is called?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Aart
>
>
> Merriam-Webster online says:
>
> Main Entry:al·i·quot
> []
>
> Pronunciation:'a-l&-"kwät, -kw&t
> Function:adjective
> Etymology:Medieval Latin aliquotus, from Latin aliquot some, several, 
> from alius other + quot how many -- more at 
> <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/else>ELSE, 
> <http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/quote>QUOTE
> 1 : contained an exact number of times in something else -- used of a 
> 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 of invested capital>
> - aliquot noun
>
>
> Translated into pianoese it could be (1) the agraffe which suspends 
> that 4th string and thus terminates that string at an even multiple of 
> the struck strings - unison and octave in the case of Blüthner, (2) 
> the string itself, or (3) a bar resting on the plate which produces 
> some higher number (but still, a whole integer) as found in the 
> "duplex scales" such as Steinway.
>
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