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| quote: Originally posted by OperaTenor:
...Are those soundboard cracks I see? There are so many all of the ribs must be loose....
Possibly. But not necessarily. Only a close inspection would answer that. I've seen many old soundboards where the butt-joints in the soundboard where the individual boards composing the panel meet are discolored with age and yet there is no separation. (Effect of aging glue on the wood?) Also, they might be yet nothing more than compression ridges. But even in worst case, they *could* be cracks. And still not yet affect the performance of the board, if the boards are still adhering to the ribs and there is crown and downbearing. Can't make such judgments from such a picture. Worst case scenario, shimming a board is not that big a deal, nor is replacement of a soundboard with new. The unusual style of the dampers in this one might make it an interesting candidate for preservation. We need to know more before we make an organ donor out of it.
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| Pssst... ron... the real problem is that that's a harpsichord.  That is actually a common tool for tuning a harpsichord. It's called a calico mute and can both mute off an octave or two at a time AND pluck up to four strings at a time with the plectra built into the end of each appendage. They are also very helpful, as you can see in the lower left picture, the calico mute has been enlisted in the search for the obviously missing keys.
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| quote: Originally posted by Zorba:
...Isn't THAT cute! Very 30's art-deco looking.
Looks like an old 30s/40s console radio. Probably would sound better if it were one.
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| beautiful pianoforte, ron! i want one just like that to play mozart on. some day soon, when i'm done with my deadline, i'm going to post the pianos i met at the deutsche museum in munich, one of them a mozart era piano similar to this one. it will just take a while to find them and get them up on photobucket.
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