SV: Piano

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Hi,

It CAN´T be that old.  Wow, this is strange.  It doesn´t look like it´s 
more than 70 years old.  It´s an underdamper.  Actually it had been 
rebuilt, but no sign of an overdamper past.  This number was on the 
plate.  I wonder...
The customer even contacted the rebuilder , en svensker by the way, retired 
now, and he said it was between 60-70 years old.  There hadn´t been an 
extensive rebuild done on it.  Well, he fixed the soundboard, but it wasn´t 
a good job altogether so I´m ruling out heavy-duty piano morphing.

A resonator huh... that could probably very easily turn into a buzzonator :)

Takk og bless,

Kristinn

P.S. When Jonas comes on pianotech the Nordic alliance will be one step 
closer to taking over The List!

At 09:55 10.10.2000 +0200, you wrote:
>Hej Kristinn,
>
>Billberg 1258 born 1896-1897. from Göteborg.
>
>I have never seen one with the holes in the soundbord, but I have heard if 
>them. The thing I heard was that in the treble part there is a double 
>soundboard. Only in a very small part. A resonator.
>
>I have to find one and have a look.
>
>Vikinghälsningar
>
>Linda Stråhle
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 12:38 AM
>Subject: Piano
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don´t think a thread has been named so originally before!
> >
> > I´m looking for the d.o.b. of a C.H. Billberg #1258 made in Sverige.
> >
> > One curious thing.  Several 1/2 cm holes had been drilled in the 
> soundboard
> > for no apparent reason in the treble.  Why?  Acoustic reasons?
> >
> > I had one of the most embarrassing moments as of yet.  I was bending down
> > to... no it´s NOT what you think... show the customer the sound board.  I
> > leaned back and somehow my pen that was sitting in my filofax got hitched
> > on my sweater.  I felt something snag and just thought is was the 
> velcro on
> > the filofax.  Then I heard the oh so memorable "You´ve got a pen stuck 
> in a
> > funny place".  The first thing I said I´d do was to tell all my friends on
> > the Internet, (that´s you people).  Great list.
> >
> > Danke,
> >
> > Kristinn
> >
> >