Bechstein Soundboard replacement

[Stéphane Collin]

Hello all.

All Bechstein pianos I have seen have this tropicalization feature (button under the soundboard and screw upside), but those from before 1880, who don't have this feature.
On one that I have seen (from before 1880), there were no screws nor buttons, but someone in the piano's life thought that screws would secure his soundboard cracks repair.  This appeared not to be true, as, as Ron stated, the screws didn't avoid the repaired cracks from opening again.
Also, many of those I have seen don't have crown in the soundboard.  Though, they sound pretty well.

Regards

Stéphane Collin.

P.s. Ron, why do you think those boards are underengineered ?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 8:56 PM
Subject: 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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