Beautiful case work - original sconces - You couldn't buy anything like this 'new' today - the solid wood and detailing - Worked recently on a Gors & Kallman baby grand in Didcot!: pitch raise - lost a couple of copper wound base strings (Deben wire recommended); and 4 low tenor... - All replaced and settling in!
Regarding your question about the label on the mechanic: Ad. Lexow AG für Piano, Mechanik- u. Holzindustrie, Berlin. It is name of the company, who made the mechanic for this piano, quite big and famous at this time. The number behind is the serial number.
I have the same piano but 1897 I find the damping fairly effective. These overdamper pianos are much better than the really cheap no name overdamper pianos. I marked the natural note names on the pinblock with a Sharpie really helps when tuning.
We used to have a Gors & Kallmann, an earlier model than this, and found it to be an excellent piano (not overdampened either). It had suffered a little by the time we got it, but quality is difficult to conceal even with the wear and tear of age. The best part about it was the tone. Absolutely lovely. Just like this one in that sense.
What was the design philosophy behind overdamping? The damping in the higher notes is indeed gradually less, but I find it connects much smoother to the notes that have no damping at all, where as with underdamping there is a very obvious break between the keys that are damped and the ones that are not. So maybe they considered overdamping to have an advantage here?
Beautiful case work - original sconces
- You couldn't buy anything like this 'new' today - the solid wood and detailing
- Worked recently on a Gors & Kallman baby grand in Didcot!: pitch raise - lost a couple of copper wound base strings (Deben wire recommended); and 4 low tenor...
- All replaced and settling in!
Regarding your question about the label on the mechanic: Ad. Lexow AG für Piano, Mechanik- u. Holzindustrie, Berlin. It is name of the company, who made the mechanic for this piano, quite big and famous at this time. The number behind is the serial number.
looks great
I have the same piano but 1897 I find the damping fairly effective. These overdamper pianos are much better than the really cheap no name overdamper pianos. I marked the natural note names on the pinblock with a Sharpie really helps when tuning.
We used to have a Gors & Kallmann, an earlier model than this, and found it to be an excellent piano (not overdampened either). It had suffered a little by the time we got it, but quality is difficult to conceal even with the wear and tear of age. The best part about it was the tone. Absolutely lovely. Just like this one in that sense.
What was the design philosophy behind overdamping? The damping in the higher notes is indeed gradually less, but I find it connects much smoother to the notes that have no damping at all, where as with underdamping there is a very obvious break between the keys that are damped and the ones that are not. So maybe they considered overdamping to have an advantage here?
I think the sound was more suited to romantic music and the style of playing, coupled with a purer tuning it sounds less blurry.
A = 434 Hz