---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Jurgen said: " 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." Jurgen, I stand corrected. I was going on my personal experience and not any difinitive information. Most German made Over-Damper Uprights are, IMO, great, in all aspects of construction, design, asthetics, etc. It is a unique sound, to which I like.<G> Learned something today. Thanks. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/36/06/2e/b2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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