Hi John, The Young Chang folks for a while made a 200 cm grand that had "the bell". It was quite unusual as in the unwound strings it had one loop and one tied off string per unison. I have only one client with one--and it is one of my favorite pianos to work on. I wish they had kept that model. At 12:57 PM 9/13/02 -0600, you wrote: >I didn't see any other responses to this, so here goes. > >At 09:10 PM 08/09/02 -0700, Del wrote: >>Does this item have a specific / proper name? >> >> >>If there is, I don't know it. I've always heard it referred to as "the bell." > >US Patent #314740 - Mar 31, 1885 CFT Steinway - Grand Treble Bell. > >In "The Steinway Saga", Fostle mentions that the bell was inspired by the >"Helmholtz Resonator" and indeed, I've also heard the treble bell called by >that name, though it's a misnomer. > >Steinway wasn't the only company using the bell, despite the patent. >Yesterday I had the pleasure(?) of tuning an extremely worn-out 5 foot >something 1902 Schomacher with steel beams instead of wooden ones >underneath as well as a totally worn-out Steinway-style action inside. It >too had a treble bell in it just like the larger Steinways. > >Incidentally, this little grand had the shortest backscale in the bass of >any piano I've ever seen. So short that the loop windings appeared to be >shorter than usual to keep them from reaching the bridge. Other than that >and the steel beams it looked very much like a Steinway from the rim right >down to the plate that had "Duplex Scale" cast into it, though there were >no rear duplexes and no evidence of there having been any before it was >re-whatevered sometime in the past. > >Are there many of these Schomachers around? I'd read about them somewhere, >but had never seen one before. > > John > > >John Musselwhite, RPT - Calgary, Alberta Canada >http://www.musselwhite.com http://canadianpianopage.com/calgary >Pianotech IRC chats Tuesday and Thursday nights and Sunday Mornings >http://www.bigfoot.com/~kmvander/ircpiano.html > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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