Thanks Rio, This definitely gives me something to chew on. It sounds like you are moving either whole steps or half steps by using the pedals and levers. I can make the correlation to my moving my fingers on the fretboard the same way. That makes sense.

You said, this was your tuning. Even though guitars today have many alternate tunings, there is still a standard A11 tune setup. Is there a standard tuning for the steel? And then you alter to your tastes much like a guitarist would.

In your layout you mentioned E9. But, in your note list you show the 7th as both natural and sharp. Is this intentional to create a sort of major/minor 7th effect? And when you set the pedal half way, is that something you do as you set your tunings in the beginning or can you do that on the fly? I would assume on the fly because you would not use augmented chords as frequently. But, with 10 strings it opens a new realm of possibilities where you may not touch the string holding the augmented sound until you want to.

I appreciate your time. I am going to print your answer and work out the scenarios on paper. Being a very analytical musician I can work out the theories to see how the chord movements would work together based upon your schematic.

I hope you don't mind if I inquire again once I got that figured out.