This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/related attachment ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C47CE1.72A29540 Looks the same as my Hamburg model A from 1891. Third bridge straight = with two wound bichords and 7 wound trichords. In my piano, the notes = on that third bridge are a bit louder than the rest, and tend to sound a = bit harsh. Did you notice that on this one ? I have been thinking that = the two bichords on that bridge are meant to favor damping, as the two = dampers on those notes are shorter, and bichords damp easier than = trichords. St=E9phane Collin. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan Forsyth=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 4:21 AM Subject: Sneaky Steinway >>IF that is a Steinway, it's a Hamburg. The clue is the Capo bars in = the Bass/Tenor/Treble areas. Either that or I haven't been paying = attention to my Steinways, lately.<G> I'm saying it ain't a Steinway. Best Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. >> It is a Steinway. This one has the third bridge. What amazes me is = that the speaking length of the first wound string in the tenor, C sharp = 29, is about 13 inches shorter than its neighbouring plain string. The = bass break starts at note E20.=20 As you can now see the capo bar is only in the treble. The tenor and = bass has the agraffes which made the piano an absolute pig to tune. The = strings kept jumping back into the kink created by the agraffes. If anyone knows the model designation please tell me. The serial # is = 90964. (1899) The soundboard is plastered in decals dedicated to kings and queens, = emperors and many other a%"&*%*# 's governing Europe at the time, so it = is definitely a Hamburg. Regards Alan Forsyth PS. Something I learned yesterday; before moving a grand piano, clean = it out so all the debris inside doesn't slide down to the bass end when = the piano is tilted on it's side. There was an old coin in this one that = lodged itself under the back of the bass keys preventing the hammers = from falling below the level of the pinblock and consequently making it = difficult to extricate the action. = %"&*^"%>@*&"!............................................................= ..... ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C47CE1.72A29540 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3c/31/c7/b3/attachment.htm ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C47CE1.72A29540-- ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 118232 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a1/2d/80/4e/attachment.jpe ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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