That sound about right. Many German piano factories "tropicalized" their pianos for humid climates, to prevent glue failure. They were called "Tropeninstrumente". But the screws through the soundboard and into the ribs are typical for all Bechstein pianos, not only the "tropical" ones. Calin Tantareanu ---------------------------------------------------- http://calintantareanu.tripod.com ---------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 5:21 PM Subject: Re: Odd Bechstein > Hi William, > > Happy New Year. > > I've seen a Steck upright that had the keys installed in a similar > manner.--It was quite a lovely instrument. I believe that some > manufacturers tried to "tropicalize" pianos for very wet conditions. Hide > glue is wonderful but it does have some limitations--like being eaten. >
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