[pianotech] Fw: Fw: Steinway duplex scale

Dale Erwin erwinspiano at aol.com
Mon Aug 2 07:13:03 MDT 2010


  James
  Nope yer not, We've had a dozen in the shop like this.
 

 

Dale S. Erwin
www.Erwinspiano.com
209-577-8397

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: James Grebe <jamesgrebe at charter.net>
To: Pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Mon, Aug 2, 2010 6:03 am
Subject: [pianotech] Fw:  Fw: Steinway duplex scale


I cannot believe that I am the only tuner in the world that has run into one of these.  How about it? 
James 
 
> 
>> Hi, 
>> 
>> I may have asked this before.  This is one of several Steinway (O)'s I 
>> have come across that instead of the duplex aliquots in the top 3 >> sections 
>> of strings they have a regular raised bars instead.  The rest of the 
>> scaling 
>> is normal.  Do you know why they tried this for and how long and how many 
>> years they tried this.  This one is from 1906 
>> 
>> Jim 
>> James Grebe 
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> 
 

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