[pianotech] interesting piano

[Terry Farrell]

And not even a hockey stick end to the long bridge. Will wonders never  
cease! Thanks for the pic.

Terry Farrell

On Sep 15, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

>
> I tuned an interesting piano this morning - at 77°F and 79%RH, but  
> that's another thing. It's a Kohler & Campbell spinet, circa 1953,  
> that I've tuned for about 15 years now. I'd love to see this string  
> scale in the spreadsheet. Fans of monochords will count 21! This  
> leaves 4 bichords on the bass bridge for a total of 25 notes in the  
> bass. Then, in a spinet, mind you, there are an additional 11  
> bichords on a low tenor transition bridge! This makes the first  
> plain wire unison at A-3 #37, about in the vicinity where a current  
> redesign approach might put it. Couldn't have been Del's doing. He  
> would have been about 9 at the time. <G>
>
> It sounds better than usual, even with the wrapped strings getting  
> funky, and the hammers wearing out. The neat thing is that there's  
> no dramatic pitch change at the low tenor with seasonal changes. It  
> tracks along pretty closely with the high bass, and blends far  
> better than I'm used to hearing in pianos this size.
>
> Somebody was apparently thinking, and was allowed to try to do  
> something right.
>
> Anyone know anything about this?
> Ron N
> <Kohler transition.jpg><Kohler bass.jpg>