Bechstein Soundboard replacement

[Farrell]

That's funny, my 1900 Bechstein A1 has "S"-shaped ribs!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Isaac OLEG" <oleg-i@wanadoo.fr>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:48 PM
Subject: RE: Bechstein Soundboard replacement


> Hello,
> 
> There are SB Buttons on any Bechstein I see, on other brands this seem
> to be part of what is called "tropicalization" - or an intention to
> protect the ribs from ungluing.
> 
> On an other matter, it seem that different Bechstein model have
> different kind of ribbings, some flat ribs, other curved ones,mod  C
> boards where glued on pre crowned ribs, while the B are on straight
> ribs, if that make sense to someone please tell us so.
> 
> The underside of the bridge also is sometime curved, sometime no,
> depending of the model...
> Go figure !
> 
> Isaac OLEG
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> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
> > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la
> > part de J Patrick Draine
> > Envoye : mercredi 21 mai 2003 20:56
> > A : Pianotech
> > Objet : Re: Bechstein Soundboard replacement
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 11:20  AM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
> >
> > > There's a couple I can think of: Lack of a rational
> > justification for
> > > doing so (that I know of, at any rate)
> >
> > Rationality aside, my understanding (absorbed long ago from
> > I where I
> > can't recall) was that this was Bechstein's  modification
> > for pianos
> > being sent outside Europe (ie the nasty old USA). What do
> > the Europeans
> > say -- do you have top soundboard buttons on Bechsteins over there?
> > Patrick Draine
> >
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