[pianotech] very old pianos

[Gregor _]

Enter Klavierbauer and you will get piano farmer as result.

Yes, we wear helmets during thanks giving because pianos grow on trees here :-)

Gregor

From: scottwaynejackson at hotmail.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +1000
Subject: Re: [pianotech] very old pianos










For the anglo speakers who find 
Deutsch a challenge, try putting the address into  http://translate.google.com.au/ 
Not too bad! It understands that 
Klavierstimmung is piano-tuning, but translates Stimmung as 
mood. I also tried http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ but it's 
not as good. It calls tuning Tendency.
 
Scott Jackson
 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Gregor 
  _ 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 6:34 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] very old 
  pianos
  
It´s not the age. Here in Germany there are many very old 
  uprights which are quite good and even in a good condition. But the climate 
  here is quite stable. Actually, I sell a Rawie upright from 1897 in my shop , 
  but it was rebuilt about 40 years ago. Very nice piano:

http://www.weldert.de/verkauf_gebraucht.php

The 
  oldest piano I worked on was a Gebrüde Knake from my hometown Münster from 
  1880 or so (no birdcage). I reshaped hammers, tightened all screws, replaced 
  some felts and center pins, leveled keys, regulated the action and tuned it to 
  435 Hz. The result was nice.

Gregor
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