Roth & Junius Piano

[Cliff Lesher]

I was somewhat amazed when I opened this studio piano to tune it.  I was intrigued by the 90-degree bend in the strings to a horizontal tuning pin field.  I looked forward to tuning it.  Incidentally, the piano was over a half-step flat.  My curiosity and enthusiasm were quickly dashed as the strings started popping right out of the chute.  After a few broke, I decided to tune it where it lay and even this was difficult.  A few more snapped in the process.  Each broken string failed at the 90-degree bend.  By the end of the tuning, which took much longer than usual, I was convinced that this was a pretty ridiculous design.  The rendering was quite poor and I found that the best technique was what I call slap tuning, a la the mechanics of an impact hammer.  It was a tough one.  I will not be upset if I never see another one.

Anybody else have experience with this up-and-over stringing configuration?

Cliff Lesher

Winfield, PA

           

[David Kroenlein]

I tuned one a few years ago, i thnk it was biult in the phillipines or maybe south america somewhere that was similar but was more of a "waterfall" type---45• angle

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