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Duo-Art Bass/Treble Split Point
By Julian Dyer

Duo-Art pianos really do have the stack split point between D# and E,
giving a bass-treble ratio of 39:41 notes on an 80-note stack!

The split position can be determined from the readily-available QRS
recut test roll, because E is played as one of the themed arpeggios,
and has a treble snakebite.  This treble-themed solo E can also be seen
in many rolls, of course.  A good clear example in a common roll is
during the second chord of the slow second part of Chopin's Scherzo Bb
minor, Op. 31, Duo-Art 6118 played by Josef Hofmann - about 2' 30" into
the roll.

A piano with a 40:40 stack split ratio will fail to accent this E, and
therefore won't perform the music correctly.

Julian Dyer


(Message sent Thu 20 Nov 2003, 23:44:31 GMT, from time zone GMT.)

Key Words in Subject:  Bass, Duo-Art, Point, Split, Treble

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