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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Neither are exstinct. Reidsohn model S108S
(Korean) of 1991 vintage is 85 note and the marketing hype is that this is the
"Classic German scale".</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is an open pin block design circa 1980
of another infamous make.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is an 1883 Bechstein with a full
plate, s/n 14471 which is essentially the same design as a 1928 model 9 which I
came across the other day s/n 132268 that had an open face pinblock. So
your guess is as good as mine as to the reasoning; just remember it was in the
Depression years. Both these pianos have floating bridges in the low tenor and
the bass. They sound awful.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>The 1928 version had very small
hammers though and I was wondering at the time I saw it if these were in
fact the original hammers.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message -----
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>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>></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>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>></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:45
PM</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Pinblock
Question</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial size=2>> 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>>
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