Unusual Bergen Console

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Hi Ginny,

Decades ago, when I was first starting out in this business, I tuned a console that fits the description you give.? Couldn't say whether or not it was a Bergen.? The tuning pins being vertical is?an ergonomic plus for the tuner.? However, any advantage gained from this is far outweighed by the incredible tension created as the string bends 90 degrees from parallel to the sound board to perpendicular to it, bearing against a vast expanse of the plate in the process.? The rendering was awful.? One of the most stubborn pianos I have ever tuned.? As to age, this particular one looked fairly new back around 1980 or so.? 

Good luck,

Alan Eder


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From: ginnybear at att.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 1:58 pm
Subject: Unusual Bergen Console





Hello List,

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The List Archives do not appear to have any information on an unusual I piano I tuned for a friend recently.? Google searches have been fruitless as well.? But perhaps this List will provide some information.

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What I found is a 40" Bergen console, with 73 keys.? Not finding the name in the Pierce Piano Atlas didn't prepare me for what I found when I opened it up:

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-All the tuning pins parallel, at the top edge

-I could not detect a metal plate- all the structural elements seemed to be wood

-Non-adjustable hammer rest rail

-The last tuner who signed it was dated 1976

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The style of piano was kind of "Danish modern".? The condition of the wood and other materials did not look much older than 1976.

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I have asked a few people in Seattle about this piano, and they thought it must be MUCH older than 1976, maybe even turn of the last century.? My best guess is that it's European, but fairly recent.

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Does anybody know anything about this piano?? 

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Thanks,

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Ginny Bear

Seattle, Washington

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