Publications on Piano Action Regulation

[Michael Gamble]

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Yes they did, George. I have a hunch the action and keyframe were =
standard though. Not bad sounding either. Indeed their uprights - they =
made several models - weren't bad sounding considering the lengths they =
went to depart from the norm.
Literature. I have a considerable selection to choose from but in the =
main I turn to Reblitz for run-of -the-mill answers. For S&S though one =
has to go to Max Matthias "Steinway Service Manual" , pub: Verlag Erwin =
Bochinsky. Or: Deitz Steinway Regulation. pub: verlag das =
Musikinstrument Frankfurt. I have the second edition and it's comimg to =
pieces being a paperback.
If you like the oldies with a bit of pepper and salt there's Alfred H. =
Howe "Scientific Piano Tuning and Servicing" pub: APSCO! and finally =
K.T.Kennedy: "Piano Action Repairs and Maintenence". pub: Kaye & Ward, =
London and A.S.Barnes & Co S.Brunswick & N.Y. These last two are the =
one's I used to pore over while waiting for something like Reblitz to =
arrive. I now simply have fond memories of their contents, but not to be =
taken seriously. Get stuck into Max Matthias it is not very large and =
half of it is in German....
Regards from a newly cut lawn on a sunny and windy day in a Sussex =
Village.
Now I must go to Glyndebourne to prepare a piano for tomorrow's =
rehearsals of Julius Cesare. A=3D415 Vallotti temperament.
Michael G.(UK)
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: George Bartlett=20
  To: Michael Gamble=20
  Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:00 PM
  Subject: Re: Lindner grand


  Hi Michael,
  Do you really mean that LInder actually made a grand "Piano" ?
  As you know there wasn't anything grand about their uprights. You =
mentioned that they have wooden keys, is the action the same as the =
uprights or is it all plastic?
  WEATHER REPORT:   Weather here is still fog and rain and cold.
  No,  I don't live in as rural an area as depected in the movie. You =
know what movie directors do is over-kill in trying to make the thing =
more Newfie than it could ever really be.=20
  Regards
  George
  PS;
  Michael, I am looking for a good book on Grand Piano Regulation.
  I have John Travis and Authur Reblitz
  they are very good but I am looking for more detail
  as for JOhn Travis, he sometimes adds confusion to the very simple of =
operations.
  If you have any ideas, get back to me when you get a chance. Thanks.
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Michael Gamble=20
    To: Byeway222@aol.com ; pianotech@ptg.org=20
    Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 6:56 AM
    Subject: Lindner grand


    Hello List and Richard of Cardiff - who said:
    The topic of Lindner pianos cropped up in the Pianotech list a short =
while ago.  Did you ever see the Lindner Grand?? It was a super =
modernistic design like a harpsichord on a central 'pillar' which also =
incorporated the pedals. It was, to my recollection, straight/oblique =
strung

    Yes that's the one. I do have one in my care, though I haven't =
touched it for a very long time - twenty years or so. It was memorable =
enough for me to exclaim when I first saw it "I didn't know they made =
grands!" It is just as you described. I have a small triangular William =
de Blaise Harpsichord which lives (minus legs) under my S&S "A". It is =
of the same shape and size as that Lindner grand. I cannot remember =
anything more pertinent to it though - what the action etc was like etc. =
though the keys, I think, were standard.=20
    Regards from a wind-blown sometimes sunny sometimes rainy Sussex =
Village
    Michael G.(UK)
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