<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Strange but true!  It stands exactly 1 metre high. It has unusual features such as reverse threaded tuning pins, continuous agraffe bridge (no bridge pins or notching, aluninium alloy tubular frame and hollow core soundboard.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would have thought that without bridge pins, there would be no reason to fear the dreaded false (or Revenko Jones type real ) beats but alas to my horror every single string on every note was false, and I had no idea what to do about it. So I chopped the piano up into lots of pieces. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2> Here is the treble section of it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001101c76b4a$34ca65e0$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001201c76b4a$34ccafd0$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001301c76b4a$34ccafd0$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001401c76b4a$34ccafd0$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Meanwhile a 100 years ago there was a similar piano with folding keyboard.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001501c76b4a$34ccafd0$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></STRONG> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Gregor _" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:karlkaputt@hotmail.com"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>karlkaputt@hotmail.com</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 2:28 PM</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: Pinblock Question</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Hey Alan,<BR>> <BR>> what a cute camping piano! Is it supposed to be de-folded before playing? <BR>> How high is it? It has straight, not crossed strings. What a strange <BR>> product.<BR>> <BR>> Gregor<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>>From: "alan forsyth" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>>>Reply-To: Pianotech List <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>>>To: "Pianotech List" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>>>Subject: Re: Pinblock Question<BR>>>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:11:43 -0000<BR>>><BR>>>Neither are exstinct. Reidsohn model S108S (Korean) of 1991 vintage is 85 <BR>>>note and the marketing hype is that this is the "Classic German scale".<BR>>><BR>>>Here is an open pin block design circa 1980 of another infamous make.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>Here is an 1883 Bechstein with a full plate, s/n 14471 which is essentially <BR>>>the same design as a 1928 model 9 which I came across the other day s/n <BR>>>132268 that had an open face pinblock.  So your guess is as good as mine as <BR>>>to the reasoning; just remember it was in the Depression years. Both these <BR>>>pianos have floating bridges in the low tenor and the bass. They sound <BR>>>awful.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>The 1928 version had very small hammers though and I was wondering at the <BR>>>time I saw it if these were in fact the original hammers.<BR>>><BR>>>AF<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>----- Original Message -----<BR>>>From: "Phil Bondi" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:phil@philbondi.com"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>phil@philbondi.com</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>>>To: "Newtonville" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>>>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:45 PM<BR>>>Subject: Pinblock Question<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> > Hi All.<BR>>> ><BR>>> > I met a 1929 Bechstein Upright today. Its condition is<BR>>> > pretty remarkable, but there's a question:<BR>>> ><BR>>> > This piano has an open face pinblock, and it has 85 notes.<BR>>> ><BR>>> > I thought that by 1929, open face pinblocks and 85 note<BR>>> > pianos were a thing of the past..obviously I'm wrong.<BR>>> ><BR>>> > When did open face pinblocks and 85 note pianos become extinct?<BR>>> ><BR>>> > Thanks,<BR>>> ><BR>>> > -Phil Bondi(Fl)<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>><< cameo2.jpg >><BR>>><< 1883Bechstein2.jpg >><BR>> <BR>> _________________________________________________________________<BR>> Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! <BR>> </FONT></STRONG><A href="http://search.msn.com/"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://search.msn.com/</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> <BR>></FONT></STRONG></BODY></HTML>