Hi, It CAN´T be that old. Wow, this is strange. It doesn´t look like it´s more than 70 years old. It´s an underdamper. Actually it had been rebuilt, but no sign of an overdamper past. This number was on the plate. I wonder... The customer even contacted the rebuilder , en svensker by the way, retired now, and he said it was between 60-70 years old. There hadn´t been an extensive rebuild done on it. Well, he fixed the soundboard, but it wasn´t a good job altogether so I´m ruling out heavy-duty piano morphing. A resonator huh... that could probably very easily turn into a buzzonator :) Takk og bless, Kristinn P.S. When Jonas comes on pianotech the Nordic alliance will be one step closer to taking over The List! At 09:55 10.10.2000 +0200, you wrote: >Hej Kristinn, > >Billberg 1258 born 1896-1897. from Göteborg. > >I have never seen one with the holes in the soundbord, but I have heard if >them. The thing I heard was that in the treble part there is a double >soundboard. Only in a very small part. A resonator. > >I have to find one and have a look. > >Vikinghälsningar > >Linda Stråhle >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 12:38 AM >Subject: Piano > > > > Hi, > > > > I don´t think a thread has been named so originally before! > > > > I´m looking for the d.o.b. of a C.H. Billberg #1258 made in Sverige. > > > > One curious thing. Several 1/2 cm holes had been drilled in the > soundboard > > for no apparent reason in the treble. Why? Acoustic reasons? > > > > I had one of the most embarrassing moments as of yet. I was bending down > > to... no it´s NOT what you think... show the customer the sound board. I > > leaned back and somehow my pen that was sitting in my filofax got hitched > > on my sweater. I felt something snag and just thought is was the > velcro on > > the filofax. Then I heard the oh so memorable "You´ve got a pen stuck > in a > > funny place". The first thing I said I´d do was to tell all my friends on > > the Internet, (that´s you people). Great list. > > > > Danke, > > > > Kristinn > > > >
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