This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ricardo Amil=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:19 PM Subject: Ritm=FCller G=F6ttingen upright Hi! Have you ever serviced an original german Ritm=FCller upright? I=B4m going to buy a used upright, I don=B4t have much money, here in = South Am=E9rica the pianos are veeeeeeeeery expensive. The majority of = sudents buy a really old upright . I would like to know any opinion you have about the german maker. The height is 1,30 m., it=B4s overstrung and underdampered, SN 18338. 85 keys, of course. The logo of this piano is just like the chinese = new one, the only difference is it says G=F6ttingen beneath. It was made in G=F6ttingen, Berlin. In the plate there is a logo with = a lion and 3 windmills on top. The action was manufactured by J. Keller & = Co. in Stuttgart, SN 108539. You can=B4t see the pinblock, it=B4s behind the iron. (Sorry I=B4m = not a technician, niether I speak english...) The tuning pins are nickeled or something, not black, sylver = color. They are not original I supose. I=B4ve seen in the internet 2 o 3 pictures of old Ritm=FCller = pianos, but they have a different logo above the keyboard than this piano, and they = say DOPPEL RESONANZ SYSTEM, PT N=BA ............ It does not have = that inscription. Is there such thing like a double soundboard or something? Sorry about my english, that=B4s the best I can do..... can you = imagine? ;))) Your English is no worse than that of most (North) Americans, = and you do much better with it than most of us do with Spanish (or = Portuguese). According to the Pierce Piano Atlas, that piano was built around = 1907 or 1908. =20 Yes, if the tuning pins are shiny silver color, not black, then = they are probably not original. =20 Many piano companies change their logo over the years. "Double = Resonance System" could mean almost anything -- I doubt that it has two = soundboards, but anything is possible. Maybe it has a separate = soundboard for the bass, or maybe "double resonance" has something to do = with the bridges or ribs or agraffes (if any) or the bearing points of = the strings (?). =20 According to "Pianos and Their Makers", by Alfred Dolge, = Ritmueller was founded in 1795 and made a well-built piano. But with = any piano that old, it's not the name on the front that matters, but = rather what condition it's in.=20 The main consideration is whether or not it will hold a tuning, = whether the tone is satisfactory for you, and whether the action and = hammers are serviceable. If you cannot afford a piano technician to = look at it for you, maybe you can find someone who knows what to look = for. Sincerely, David Nereson, RPT, Denver, Colorado, USA=20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/08/b6/7d/0a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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