This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Mike, when restoring these Victorian Era pianos, you may want to look into restringing with Pure Sound Wire http://www.puresound-wire.com/ A quote from the website: " Present-day piano wire is too stiff and its tensile strength is higher than necessary, causing a very low percentage of string load and therefore lack of tone quality." Jurgen Goering www.pianofortesupply.com > List, > > Today I'm disassembling an old Bechstein upright for refinish and > restringing. Serial number dates it 1883. Interesting features: > full cast plate, including full coverage of tuning pin field. Wooden > (mahogany) action brackets, at ends only (no intermediate brackets). > Relatively small for an upright, with only 85 notes. > > I would appreciate any insights you might have regarding what pitch it > would have been designed for. I've found brief mention of standards > adopted in 1885 in Vienna (435) and London (455), however C. Bechstein > was in Berlin. I would like to evaluate and improve on the scale - > obviously got to know what pitch to tune it to when I'm done. The > existing strings and pins appear uniformly old, but I wouldn't want to > assume they're original. > > thanks for any info on pitch / tension > > Mike > > Michael Spalding > spalding48@earthlink.net <mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net> > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ea/0a/93/23/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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