> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 09:34:38 -0400 > From: Daleboy@aol.com > Subject: "Otto Altenburg" > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Reply-to: pianotech@byu.edu > Dear List, > Anybody out there have any info on a piano bearing the name > Otto Altenburg. I don't know any manufacuring details but the plate detailing > looks similar to one of our common "bulk" producers in Asia. > Tuned up fairly nicely.......some pretty knarly false beats in melody section > though. Thought I would get some info on it before seating strings on next > service call. Thanks! > Dale Whitehead, RPT > Franklin, TN > Dale, I have a customer with an Otto Altenburg. Definitely a Korean made piano. I ended up removing a lot of hammer weight via my 1" belt sander to make it more playable. In the far past I had a customer with a Hainal? piano also made in Korea, I believe I remember it had a bunch of spare parts in the bench. After pulling the action I noticed that the beautiful 1/4 sawn end grain of the soundboard was actually a piece of tape covering a laminated piece of wood. Have anyone else noticed this kind of tom-foolery! David ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA
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