In spite of the name 'Pantzer Platte', most of the Ernst Kaps piano's I've come across had broken iron frames. friendly greetings from André Oorebeek On Jun 27, 2008, at 1:35 AM, Jurgen Goering wrote: > Any large, heavy plate is sometimes referred to as "Panzer Platte" > in German. If it were cast out of a higher grade, more expensive > steel, it would surely be designated "Stahl Platte", to set it > apart from a "Guss Platte" (cast iron plate). So much for the > language and terminology. > > But who knows exactly what Kaps' plate were made of? One definite > answer would be the results of a lab test of a piece of the plate... > Jurgen Goering > > > On Jun 26, 2008, at 15:08, John Delacour wrote: >> At 11:40 -0700 26/6/08, Jurgen Goering wrote: >>> ..."Panzer", by the way means nothing more than "strong, >>> protective plate" aka "armored". (Think turtles and bank vaults.) >>> Perhaps Kaps used that term in connection with full piano plates >>> as opposed to 3/4 plates? >> >> It could also be that the frames were made of cast steel rather >> than cast iron. About the turn of the century Broadwood's grand >> frames were of cast steel, including, I think, the frame for the >> barless grands. Such a frame would, I think, be extremely tough >> and very expensive to produce compared with the usual grey iron >> casting. >> JD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080627/169272d9/attachment.html
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