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Mike,<br>
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when restoring these Victorian Era pianos, you may want to look into
restringing with Pure Sound Wire <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.puresound-wire.com/">http://www.puresound-wire.com/</a><br>
A quote from the website: " Present-day piano wire is too stiff and its
tensile strength is higher than necessary, causing a very low
percentage of string load and therefore lack of tone quality."<br>
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Jurgen Goering<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.pianofortesupply.com">www.pianofortesupply.com</a><br>
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<div>Today I'm disassembling an old Bechstein upright for refinish
and restringing. Serial number dates it 1883. Interesting features:
full cast plate, including full coverage of tuning pin field. Wooden
(mahogany) action brackets, at ends only (no intermediate brackets).
Relatively small for an upright, with only 85 notes. </div>
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<div>I would appreciate any insights you might have regarding what
pitch it would have been designed for. I've found brief mention of
standards adopted in 1885 in Vienna (435) and London (455), however C.
Bechstein was in Berlin. I would like to evaluate and improve on the
scale - obviously got to know what pitch to tune it to when I'm done.
The existing strings and pins appear uniformly old, but I wouldn't want
to assume they're original. </div>
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<div>thanks for any info on pitch / tension</div>
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<div>Mike</div>
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<div>Michael Spalding</div>
<div><a href="mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net">spalding48@earthlink.net</a></div>
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