[pianotech] Mahagony soundboards

[John Ross]

I think the piece screwed in was just gold plated plastic.
They had a tie in with Lowery, and these name plates allowed them to sell 
the same piano under different names.
Or at least the plate was the same.

John Ross
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spalding" <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Mahagony soundboards


I tuned an even more remarkable piano yesterday:  A Story & Clark with a
solid spruce soundboard.  Haven't had time yet to check the S/N in my
Pierce to see when it was mfd.  I suspect it was stenciled by another
maker - the Story&Clark name in the plate was a separate piece of cast
iron, screwed into a an opening in the plate.

David Love wrote:
> Just tuned a Story and Clark Storytone yesterday.  Every tone tells a 
> story.
> Unfortunately, a different one.
>
> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Ron Nossaman
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:48 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Mahagony soundboards
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>> Anyway, I stumbled across this treat a few weeks ago. It's an L. Berger
>> & Co. console made in Philadelphia. It wasn't obvious that the s/b was
>> mahagony until I went to adjust the pedals and saw it with me own eyes.
>> I didn't get a chance to verify if it was laminated, my two hours ran
>> up. ;)  Next time.
>>
>> Jude Reveley, RPT
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> Ah yes, looks like the ubiquitous Incomparable Storytone
> Mahogany soundbore much utilized, if never perfected, by Story
> & Clark. Laminated, sure enough, and sounding lots worse than
> they could have. Guaranteed against cracking for 75 years too!
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> Ron N
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