1883 Bechstein upright, "standard" pitch/scale tension

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Mike,

when restoring these Victorian Era pianos, you may want to look into 
restringing with  Pure Sound Wire  http://www.puresound-wire.com/
A quote from the website: " Present-day piano wire is too stiff and its 
tensile strength is higher than necessary, causing a very low percentage 
of string load and therefore lack of tone quality."

Jurgen Goering
www.pianofortesupply.com

> 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.
>  
> 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. 
>  
> thanks for any info on pitch / tension
>  
> Mike
>  
> Michael Spalding
> spalding48@earthlink.net <mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net>
>  
>  


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