This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi, is that a model 10, straight strung, underdamper? The ones I'm = familiar with (which customers have) are model 8, 9 and 10s which date = from then to mid 1920's Always tune then at 440, always a certain = amount of falseness in the treble Brian ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Spalding=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: 11 November, 2004 10:00 PM Subject: 1883 Bechstein upright, "standard" pitch/scale tension List, Today I'm disassembling an old Bechstein upright for refinish and = restringing. Serial number dates it 1883. Interesting features: full = cast plate, including full coverage of tuning pin field. Wooden = (mahogany) action brackets, at ends only (no intermediate brackets). = Relatively small for an upright, with only 85 notes.=20 I would appreciate any insights you might have regarding what pitch it = would have been designed for. I've found brief mention of standards = adopted in 1885 in Vienna (435) and London (455), however C. Bechstein = was in Berlin. I would like to evaluate and improve on the scale - = obviously got to know what pitch to tune it to when I'm done. The = existing strings and pins appear uniformly old, but I wouldn't want to = assume they're original. =20 thanks for any info on pitch / tension Mike Michael Spalding spalding48@earthlink.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d9/14/33/35/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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