TRIPLE-Overstringing??? This I've GOT to see! How was it done? Anyone got any pictures of this? --- John Delacour <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk> wrote: > At 7:33 PM +0100 5/2/02, antares wrote: > >NEUMEYER. Gebr. Berlin, Germany, 1905 > > > >That's all it says in the Pierce Piano atlas. > > > >Here in Europe Neumeyers are not really > outstanding, you hardly see them > >anymore. > >In the past I have tuned quite a number of them and > I can remember > >that the tuning pins were a problem because the > drilled holes in the > >iron frame were a little narrow or maybe simply too > small, causing > >extra friction between frame and pins. Not a bad > piano, not a great > >piano. sort of middle of the road and probably not > too expensive in > >'those' days. > > Yes, I have never come across a really nice Neumeyer > but it was a > firm that tried some interesting things at different > times in its > history. The later uprights (post 1900) can be > quite acceptable and > standard, but I've seen earlier Neumeyers with > triple overstringing > (four bridges at different levels) and small grands > with no bracings > and things like that. I like to see these oddities > that were finally > killed off at the end of the century, like the > beautifully made old > Kaps with Helmholtz resonators in the extreme > treble. > > Talking of oddities, I finally tracked down an 1870s > Brinsmead > upright with the patent tuning system this week and > today paid the > lady the £100 it's worth to me. The hammers are > like new except for > the dust, so it will be fun to work on. The tuning > "dollies" are > parallel with the strings and slidable in a massive > flange integral > with the string plate. A long hexagonal nut draws > the dolly up and > the string is hooked onto the bottom of it. > Everyone who has > experience of this system says it's excellent, so I > hope to confirm > that when I've had a good look in a strong light. > It looks very > solid and tidy, and this piano is pretty well in > tune after ten years > of neglect. > > I'll take some pictures and make them available. > > cf. <http://www.uk-piano.org/history/brin_f4.gif> -- > though mine is > quite a bit different. > > JD > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com
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