<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I work on an amazing 1903 Steingraeber overdamper upright; I'll take a bunch of pics the next time I'm there; it's extraordinary.<div><br></div><div>DA</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 15, 2011, at 11:23 PM, Jurgen Goering wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre; ">... How lovely, such a warm look to it. Is it </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre; ">parallel strung or overstrung?.... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre; ">David </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/">www.davidboyce.co.uk</a></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>I would guess overstrung - at least once!  Ibach made some lovely overdampers that were double overstrung - the bass mono-chords crossed over the bi-chords.  And these overdamper actions actually have a reasonable capability for damping.  The shame is very few techs are able to restore a _good_ overdamper such as Ibach or Blüthner to its full potential.</div><br><div> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Jurgen Goering<br>Piano Forte  <br></div></div></div><div><div><br></div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>