[pianotech] Strange and Different

[limhseng at gmail.com]

Weinstein pianos were made in the Philipines. The slanted pinblock model was marketed as a piano that would need less tunings! Other models have 2 steel strings for the tenor section. Had tuned a few of them 20 years ago.
Lim
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wally Scherer <afinetune at yahoo.com>
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:15:13 
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Subject: [pianotech] Strange and Different

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
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