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Hey Jon: Blue's aliquot thingie
Topic Started: Dec 19 2008, 08:55 AM (171 Views)
kenny
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Jon, I promised you a pic.

Here's the pic of the notches cut out in the pressure bar of the plate of my Bluethner.
This is on the side of the stings near the tuning pins.
This is how they raise the fourth string so it is not hit by the hammer.

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ivorythumper
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kenny
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ivorythumper
Dec 19 2008, 09:06 AM
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Klaus
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So, what do you think of the Aliquot system, Kenny? Does it make a big difference? Is it worth the extra $$? I've been thinking of buying a bigger piano a few years in the future, and Blüthner would be on my shortlist (along with August Förster, Fazioli, and the new Bechsteins).
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kenny
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Hmm.
Impossible to say.
I'd have to remove the strings and compare the sound. (Like THAT's gonna happen. :no: )
Piano tone is determined by a zillion design decisions.


Extra money?
Actually Bluethner is cheaper than Fazioli or Bechstein.

When shopping I'd ignore the gimmicks and just use my ears.
Just go play everything and buy what you like.
Those are all super pianos.

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Klaus
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Come on, Kenny - in the interest of science you really should make the experiment of removing all aliquot strings such that we can compare.

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaasse... :lol2:
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Thanks, Kenny.

So the new ones don't have that feature anymore, right? Or is it still on the concert grands?
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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kenny
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jon-nyc
Dec 19 2008, 09:53 AM
Thanks, Kenny.

So the new ones don't have that feature anymore, right? Or is it still on the concert grands?
All Bluethner grands have 4-string unisons in the upper treble.

I'm not sure about their uprights.

I'll add this previously-posted pron since I'm an attention whore:

Today all 4 strings share the same bridge and are at the same level at the bridge.

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In the Model 1 the highest 23 notes have 4 strings in their unisons. I'm not sure if all grands have the same numbers.
The lowest 3 of these have dampers but there is an extra raised damper pad glued on for the extra string.

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The 4 tuning pins take up more room on the pinblock.

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