Bluthner soundboard

[Stéphane Collin]

Hi Ronald.

Just wondernig (truly) how this kind of soundboard arrangement sounds.
Your answer would be valuable, as I never would intend to do such a thing.
Maybe I would then miss something.

What I did see, is a soundboard with normal rims across the grain, and a
second layer of rims across the first ones (on a large 9' Bechstein).

Stéphane.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald Ochs" <ronspianoservice@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 3:07 PM
Subject: Bluthner soundboard


> Hello everyone,
>
> My question is regards to a 1914 Bluthner 6'10". My
> client had bought this piano off E-Bay in a supposed
> "rebuilt" condition. The hammers had been replaced
> some years before, but no other action work seemed to
> have been done. The soundboard had been replaced, but
> it was glued and screwed on top of the old soundboard.
> Is that a standard rebuilding technique? The piano is
> so far out of regulation and let-off is much to far
> away from the strings to give a very strong tone.
>  Has the string height been effected by the stacked
> soundboards? Or do I go ahead and regulate it, and
> hope for the best?
>
> Any suggestions would be great.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Ron Ochs
> Ron's Piano Service, Klamath Falls, OR
>
>
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