 |
Welcome to the Piano World Piano Forums
Over 3 million posts about pianos, digital pianos, and all types of keyboard instruments.
Over 100,000 members from around the world.
Join the World's Largest Community of Piano Lovers
(it's free)
It's Fun to Play the Piano ... Please Pass It On!
|
|
|
|
50 members (Cheeeeee, CharlesXX, Aleks_MG, accordeur, brdwyguy, Carey, AlkansBookcase, 20/20 Vision, Charles Cohen, 8 invisible),
2,105
guests, and
340
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 113
Full Member
|
OP
Full Member
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 113 |
Can someone who has tuned one of these, tell me where the break between wound and plain strings is on a Sohmer Spinet piano? Thanks for your help.
Tuner/Technician, Associate Member PTG, Certified Installer Piano Life Saver Systems
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 6,425
6000 Post Club Member
|
|
6000 Post Club Member
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 6,425 |
I've probably tuned them, but not lately. I am dying to know why you ask!
Jeff Deutschle
Part-Time Tuner
Who taught the first chicken how to peck?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 113
Full Member
|
|
OP
Full Member
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 113 |
I'm wanting to set my Split-Scale Tuning (inharmonicity readings)on Tune Lab.
Tuner/Technician, Associate Member PTG, Certified Installer Piano Life Saver Systems
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 6,425
6000 Post Club Member
|
|
6000 Post Club Member
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 6,425 |
Oh, I see, thanks. There are old US made Sohmers and newer Asian ones. They would not have the same scale. But maybe the newer ones are not spinets.
Jeff Deutschle
Part-Time Tuner
Who taught the first chicken how to peck?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 32,060
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 32,060 |
I do not think there was a Sohmer spinet. There was a console, but no spinet.
Semipro Tech
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,332
3000 Post Club Member
|
|
3000 Post Club Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,332 |
I worked on one last year. It was a nice little piano except for the plastic elbows! I just saw one on Seattle Craigslist: http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/msg/1233195577.html![[Linked Image]](http://images.craigslist.org/3nb3ob3peZZZZZZZZZ96ld7c10503131111ce.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 411
Full Member
|
|
Full Member
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 411 |
The studios are challenging enough...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 4,864
4000 Post Club Member
|
|
4000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 4,864 |
I can't recall ever seeing a nice piano with plastic elbows 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,332
3000 Post Club Member
|
|
3000 Post Club Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,332 |
Bob,
I have to admit, replacing plastic elbows is a job I actually enjoy! The Sohmer we had last year had ivory keys and was really well built. Plastic parts do not equal poor quality piano.
|
|
|
|
Forums43
Topics223,392
Posts3,349,293
Members111,634
| |
Most Online15,252
Mar 21st, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
