I tuned an even more remarkable piano yesterday: A Story & Clark with a solid spruce soundboard. Haven't had time yet to check the S/N in my Pierce to see when it was mfd. I suspect it was stenciled by another maker - the Story&Clark name in the plate was a separate piece of cast iron, screwed into a an opening in the plate. David Love wrote: > Just tuned a Story and Clark Storytone yesterday. Every tone tells a story. > Unfortunately, a different one. > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of Ron Nossaman > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:48 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Mahagony soundboards > > > >> Anyway, I stumbled across this treat a few weeks ago. It's an L. Berger >> & Co. console made in Philadelphia. It wasn't obvious that the s/b was >> mahagony until I went to adjust the pedals and saw it with me own eyes. >> I didn't get a chance to verify if it was laminated, my two hours ran >> up. ;) Next time. >> >> Jude Reveley, RPT >> > > Ah yes, looks like the ubiquitous Incomparable Storytone > Mahogany soundbore much utilized, if never perfected, by Story > & Clark. Laminated, sure enough, and sounding lots worse than > they could have. Guaranteed against cracking for 75 years too! > > Ron N > > > >
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