---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment With respect, I would offer a different opinion than Joe Garrett on a=20 few points: Based on the many German pianos I have seen during my years working=20 there, I can say that while the heyday of German overdampers was=20 earlier, many were still made after the turn of the 20th century. =20 There are some astounding overstrung overdampers made by Ibach and=20 others, but especially Bl=FCthner, that blow the socks off of just = about=20 any contemporary upright you would compare them to, in terms of=20 scaling, tone, touch, and yes, even damping. The case is definitely a perfectly typical example of German styling=20 ca. 1900. I have a R=F6nisch with almost the exact piano case (though=20= not an overdamper) in my shop. German piano of the pre-WW1 era came in=20= essentially two stylings: black or walnut, with frames on the panels=20 and decorative matching veneer. There were also a smaller number of=20 mahogany pianos made, mainly for export to England. Almost always,=20 the finish was french polish, which gave real depth and glow to the=20 wood grain. The Germans liked to show off the fancy wood, while North=20= American pianos of the day were most often covered with thick coats of=20= colored varish, which obscured the grain and eventually turned into=20 alligator skin. Pity. I agree with Joe on the pitch - take the precautions needed, and raise=20= it. Jurgen Goering Piano Forte Supply (250) 754-2440 info@pianofortesupply.com http://www.pianofortesupply.com On Jan 8, 2006, at 2:26 PM, Joe Garrett wrote: > Having seen the pictures, My gut reaction is: there is nothing New in=20= > that piano, although it is unusual in that it says 1900 on it. > The Germans, for the most part, only made Over Damper pianos from=20 > about 1870 to 1880. Then they gave it up for lack of a market. I have=20= > seen several like this, but were from the aforementioned date(s). The=20= > case style is definately NOT of the 1900 period of German piano=20 > making, so I'd say it was a "specially made" one. The Atlas says=20 > little other than to infer that it was a "custom" shop. So that would=20= > make more sense as to it's period of manufacture. > As to the pitch to tune it at?......Since the German piano wire was=20 > light years ahead of anyone else, it is/would be safe to tune it at=20 > 440cps. However, if you want to be ultra safe, I'd say that the=20 > International Pitch of A=3D435cps is the way to go. The overall=20 > structure/construction/workmanship of German uprights is quite rugged=20= > compared to the English counterparts. Look at the plate. It is massive=20= > compared to English types! > As for the CA glue? Yes! > =A0 > =A0 > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) > Captain, Tool Police > Squares R I > =A0 > =A0= ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2677 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/34/f5/e0/44/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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