Hi William, Happy New Year. I've seen a Steck upright that had the keys installed in a similar manner.--It was quite a lovely instrument. I believe that some manufacturers tried to "tropicalize" pianos for very wet conditions. Hide glue is wonderful but it does have some limitations--like being eaten. At 03:57 PM 31/12/2004 -0600, you wrote: >List, > >Today, while out looking around, I stopped at a store that had a refurbished >1926 Bechstein (5 1/2' - 6'). I really did not look closely at this >instrument, but am planning on going back and getting a few photos for the >list. It was something I had never before seen on anything, let alone a >Bechstein. > >This piano had those lovely waterfall keytops - tacked to the keysticks. >Two brads on the bottom of the keyfront, one at the tail?!?!?!? Also had >some brass hardware on the outside of the case, like at the treble end, on >the bottom corner just behind the front leg. Also had numerous brass wood >screws around the perimeter of the case, top and bottom. Most "interesting" >were the lines of brass screws that could be seen in the soundboard as you >look down into the piano - seemed to be along the lines that the ribs would >follow. > >I have so little experience with Bechsteins, that I'm just "wondering" - is >it possible any of this is original design, or did someone really %*&^*$ >this thing up? I'll try and get some photos soon (I don't have a digital >camera, so it may be a while). Any thoughts? > >William R. Monroe >Madison, WI >Assoc. > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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