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I actually described it incorrectly. The two pieces are perpendicular to the etched board. I couldn't get a good picture of it from the top (because the etched board and strings are over the boards, and they are REALLY dusty), but here's what it looks like from underneath. The length of the line whe...

I will talk to the tuner the next time he's over about that. I think the way I worded it was a bit confusing. By "split soundboard," I did not mean "cracked" or "broken." I meant that the soundboard was actually made of two separate pieces of wood. In the picture of the...

That is very interesting. It never made sense to me why someone would build a piano below standard pitch. Thanks for the clarification! Really? I was always under the impression that the soundboard had something to do with the lousy sound the piano has. It's a huge, booming sound, but it's not the b...

No, the man who sold it to us described it as a "double wing" grand piano. I just thought that was the proper term, but I stand corrected! My bad. It is spelled "Spangenberg" on the piano. Typo on my part. There are no numbers anywhere on the exterior of the case or on the top (i...

Hello, I have a Hölling and Spangenberg double wing grand piano made in Zeitz, Germany, in 1869. The piano is absolutely gorgeous, but it doesn't play well (due to its double wing design, the soundboard is split and the action is outdated). I was wondering if there is any more information on this ty...