[pianotech] Strange and Different

[Wally Scherer]

I enjoy seeing and hearing about strange and different pianos that my fellow technicians encounter from time to time.

Here's one I hadn't heard about before. A Weinstein Curvex Acousticon! (Hamburg, Germany) It features a slanted pinblock, which added extra friction in the string movement while tuning, but the angle of the tuning wrench (downward) made for less reaching.

Unfortunately, the piano wasn't very well made. But interesting.

Wally
A FINE TUNE - Piano Tuning & Repairs
Wallace T. Scherer, piano technician, music educator
5020 Canal Drive, Lake Worth, Florida, 33463-8014
Telephone: 561-432-4121
Web page: http://aftune.angelfire.com


      
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