[pianotech] 3 sound boards???

[David Weiss]

There were only two bridges.  I saw nothing out of the ordinary on the piano
and would have to agree with Jack that it was some type of promotional
gimmick.

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 4:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] 3 sound boards???

On 9/8/2012 3:18 PM, David Weiss wrote:

> I'm not sure what the patent number is, but I saw the piano today.

You would look up the patent number on Google Patents and see if it looked
like that, or look for patent numbers on the plate and look them up. The
number I gave you is indeed to a 1902 patent for an upright with three
soundboards.


>It
> certainly looked like a regular soundboard to me, underneath 80 years 
>of  dirt, grime, stink bugs, and neglect.  A totally unremarkable piano.
4'10"
> in length, completely beat up.  I'm still not sure what their ad meant 
>by  "three sounding boards"

So it's a grand. That's new and pertinent information. Since people will
call everything under the sun a soundboard, did it happen to have three
bridges?

Ron N