Bechstein Date

[Stéphane Collin]

Hi John.

Sorry for my english, which is less than perfect.
How would you call a rim made not of one continuous bended multi-layer piece
of wood (as in modern pianos), but one made in three parts, making an angle
at each junction ?
I understood that Terry calls a chine that junction making an angle between
two adjascent parts of the rim.
Some Bechstein pianos, from after 1900 or so, have two of them, and the
older ones have three of them.  The modern Bechstein piano has none.

Regards,

Stéphane Collin.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: Bechstein Date


> What is a chine? I looked in Merle Mason's book of Piano Parts and Their
> Functions, and can't see it mentioned. Also what is a fishtail case?
> Thank you.
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia.
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stéphane Collin" <collin.s@skynet.be>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 5:07 AM
> Subject: Re: Bechstein Date
>
>
> > Hello Terry,
> >
>  also I have never seen a model A with the fishtail (case with three
> > chines)), all with Schwander pilot action
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: Bechstein Date
> >
> snip
>  Langer action.
> > About 180 cm. Model A1. Half the tail is rounded, but has a chine at the
> > back end of the straight side, and another chine at the end of the high
> > treble bridge.
> snip
> > >
> > > Terry Farrell
>
>
>