Just a picture of "Krasny Okliabr" - Red Oktober Soviet made grand piano in 1930s (USSR). Non produced nowadays.

[quote=(USSR). Non produced nowadays. [/quote]

And most probably, for many very good reasons.

regards,

I've played on one once. Also on a 'Tchaikovsky'.
They sounded not tuned for decades, but holding well that non-tuning still sounding reasonably melodious.
These were somehow designed robustly, to go out of tune graciously ;-)
And the slight beating of unison strings actually prolongs the sustain by making energy radiate slower out of the initial 'ping', compared to an exact unison.

By comparison, a 'wimpy unison' tuned German piano sounds atrocious if ONE note slides out of tune.

The attachment seems to not be attached. I am curious about this Soviet piano

Yes picture please :-)

I'll tell Tom Clancy that you found it.

The first photo (fades out fast!) of this slide-show gallery is still a Krasnyi Oktyabr:
http://lectiipian.ro/lectii-pian-galerie.html
(there were several, but now many got replaced with photos from a recital on a baby grand. Cannot guarantee what will be on this page later...)

yes, that high black boxy box. "Krasnyi Oktyabr" is etched (more like scratched) on the front plate, in Cyrillic of course. Maybe visible after magnifying above slides ?

I can see only the baby grand... I think it's even a digital...

Ah I think I found it and uploaded them with the File Manager.
But how can you show them?

That's the one?? Can't really read the text but it could be cyrillic

BTW the attachments useless???? I now used the uploader on

http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthrea...ite_id/1#import

... brings back memory of that one quite overwhelming test-lesson...