---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment www.bechstein.de/ C. Bechstein=A0 Pianofortefabrik AG Kantstr. 17, stilwerk Center D-10623 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49-30-315 15 200 Fax: +49-30-315 15 203 PR/press head OF department Berenice Kuepper,Tel. +49 30-315 15 215 Marekting assistant Sylvia Schlutius,Tel. +49 30-315 15 216 Fax +49 30-315 15 229 Leo ISDN +49 30-315 15 226 Email: info@bechstein.de Greetings all, Perhaps someone at Bechstein has some information? Best, Rich Olmsted On Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 01:47 PM, St=E9phane Collin wrote: > Hello all. > > All Bechstein pianos I have seen have this tropicalization feature=20 > (button under the soundboard and screw upside), but those from before=20= > 1880, who don't have this feature. > On one that I have seen (from before 1880), there were no screws nor=20= > buttons, but someone in the piano's life thought that screws would=20 > secure his soundboard cracks repair. This appeared not to be true,=20 > as, as Ron stated, the screws didn't avoid the repaired cracks from=20 > opening again. > Also, many of those I have seen don't have crown in the soundboard. =20= > Though, they sound pretty well. > > Regards > > St=E9phane 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=20= > 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=20 > Europeans > | say -- do you have top soundboard buttons on Bechsteins over there? > | Patrick Draine > | > | _______________________________________________ > | pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > | > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4349 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/73/8c/b9/c5/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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