Cool checking

[Jurgen Goering]

Stéphane, Ric et al:
I own a 1911 Rönisch with buckskin covered tails, and I have seen a few  
more.  I can't say how standard this feature was, but they obviously  
did it in a good number of pianos over quite a period of time.  My  
hammers were badly worn and needed replacement, but for sake of  
originality and to preserve the good checking this allows  I decided to  
have he hammers re-felted, and have been quite happy with the results.   
I am a bit surprised that your piano seems to be cheaply made,  
Stéphane.  Rönisch were known to have excellent designs and  
workmanship, right up there with Förster, Feurich and others.  Perhaps  
in the 1920s things were already in serious decline...

regards,
Jurgen Goering
Piano Forte Supply
(250) 754-2440
info at pianofortesupply.com
http://www.pianofortesupply.com


On Jan 2, 2007, at 10:10, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote:
>
> Hei Stéphane
> I cant say that I have run into this arrangement before and I'd be  
> very curious to hear if anyone else has and what their experience with  
> it is.  You say the thing checks not only quietly but solidly under  
> all levels of play ?
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>    Hi Ric.
>
>    Here is a pic of that Rönish checking arrangement.  The piano is
>    from the 1920 and I have no reason to believe that what you see is
>    not original.  Yet, see the condition of the leather !  And this is
>    in the tenor section, where you usually have the parts worn out.     
> And the noise to catch strength ratio is the best I have ran across.
>
>    Curiously enough, the rest of the piano is kind of cheap.
>
>    Best regards.
>
>    Stéphane Collin.
>
>    Url :
>     
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