Kranich & Bach/Violyn Plate

[Ryan sowers]

I tune a Kranich and Bach that does have a fall board that is quite 
different from the typical ones we see. It also had a "Violyn Plate" which 
had no capo bar. Tuning stability is O.K. and the tone and sustain are quite 
nice. Were there other makers that manufactured pianos without a capo bar? 
This piano made me wonder how necessary
the capo bar really is. I've started removing them from all the pianos I 
service. Just kidding. But seriously, what light can you knowledgeable 
design savvy folks shed on the function and benefit of the capo bar, and why 
does my client's Kranich and Bach seem to work so well without one?

Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter, #985
Olympia, WA



>From: larudee@pacbell.net
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Re: Kranich & Bach
>Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 08:06:02 -0700
>
>Elizabeth,
>
>It has to do with the bearing.  The result is often known as a Pall
>Bearer.  Many Kranich & Bach pianos need a Pall Bearer.
>
>Paul Larudee
>
>Dale Probst wrote:
>
> > Dear List,
> > Last week I tuned a Kranich & Bach 1908 upright. Among the special
> > features listed on the plate was Pall Board. I've only been in the
> > business for 26 years so I called Jack Wyatt,RPT (who has been a tech
> > since giants walked the earth.) He thought maybe if wasn't a misprint
> > then he had no clue.
> > Does anyone out there know where to find the Pall Board??
> >
> > Elizabeth Ward, RPT
> > Chapter President, TIC
> > Texoma International Chapter
> > Wichita Falls, TX
> > http:// www.texomachapter.org
> > http://www.ptg.org/conv.htm
> >
>


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