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What tremolo design does Scandalli use for its Air3 LMMM?

Beemer

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I have a 2020 Scandalli Air 3T 37/120 LMMM. This has a double cassotto and this might be a factor in my question.
To my ear the MMM and the Master registers have a slightly unsatisfactory sound.
I am curious about how Scandalli tune MMM. I expected the middle to be 440Hz with the lower and upper having equal Hz difference from the middle. Of course one I assume the xxM is the reeds outside the cassotto and this might be the reason the MMM sound is not as pleasant as I would wish. Of course i understand that musette tuning can also use asymmetric frequency either side of xMx.
Lastly I also have read that sometimes the 440Hz is not the middle but Mxx?
Hope someone with Scandalli experience can enlighten me.
 
Usually with the grill off you should be able to find the correct lever to operate the slider for each of the M sets. It’s pretty easy to get a tuner application for a phone that will read frequency and cents off of a standard for a played note. If you compare each of the reed sets you should be able to identify the current tuning for a particular note.
 
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