[pianotech] Schiller Piano Design

[William Truitt]

My feeble and foggy brain tells me that I once saw a small Chickering grand
once with a very similar set up.  About 12 years ago I rebuilt a 6' Julius
Bauer that had a separate inner and outer rim, with the added feature that
the plate set down in the space between the two rims and was bolted in place
around the rim.  Dale Erwin wrote in about a similar instrument a year or
two ago.  Mine didn't lose crown either - it had ribs on the top of the
panel as well as the bottom.  Decent sounding piano after the rebuild.

Will Truitt

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Love
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:57 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Schiller Piano Design

Here's something interesting.  A Schiller piano with a design which
separates soundboard and inner rim from the outer rim along the straight and
bent side.  Interestingly, this piano still has substantial crown
throughout, about 8 mm of crown across the longest rib and about 3 mm under
the killer octave.  I'd be curious about comments on the soundboard and rim
design if anyone has any.  

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com