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Tuning a Triola Mechanical Zither
By Philippe Rouillé

Dear MMd's,  A friend of mine, who has no e-mail connection, wants
to tune his Triola mechanical zither.  The usual literature (Bowers,
etc.) does not give that information, although I remember an article
was written on this instrument in an association's Journal, but I cannot
find the reference again.

Could someone give me the exact tuning of the 6 bass strings (each one
plays actually a whole chord with the 3 "sympathetic" strings they have
each, as may be seen on Bowers p. 356), and of the 25 melody strings ?

Many thanks for your answer.

Best regards,

Philippe Rouille  (Paris, France)
http://www.cnam.fr/museum/musica_mecanica/


(Message sent Tue 7 Mar 2000, 14:21:45 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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