Greetings,
I have a piano in the shop that is too old for me to know for sure what
I'm doing.
Broadwood 7'5", soundboard decal says "Semi-Grand"
Serial # 43364
Straight strung, Screw-threaded tuning pins,
Nice little felt punchings at the bottom of the tuning pins
Bass strings have the windings over the bridge, (cloth wrapped on the singles)
85 note scale
four iron bars are connecting the pinblock plate to the stringing plate,
(this is NOT a full cast plate)
Individual hitch pins throughout!!!
agraffes from A1 to A49, trichords from F#22 on up,
bolted in capo bar from Bb 50 up.
speaking length A1 is 164 cm
Existing (original) wire diameters are
F# 22 ( first plain wire) size 21 (0.047")
C4 is 17 1/2 ( 0.040)
C6 is 16 (0.037
A85 is 13 (0.031)
Action has one adjustment for let-off, continuous brass flanges.
It is not a museum restoration, the owners just want a playable keyboard in
the house and this is going to be it. The question is, Does a piano of this
vintage require some type of softer iron wire, or can I just treat it like a
modern piano. And pitch? I am thinking 435 at the max. Any ideas
appreciated.
Regards,
Ed Foote RPT
( I suppose everybody on the list knows they are more than welcome to come
see our temperament show at the convention!!)
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