Nordiska Futura (Upright) - Langer 75 - Herrburger Brooks

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Hi everyone, I've got a Nordiska Futura piano with some funny pedals and wondered if anyone has come across this deformation before. I also wondered if anyone could help me identify my piano properly.

It has two pedals but both of them are angled upwards by about forty five degrees. But they don't look 'bent', they look as if they've been manufactured that way. There's no signs of deformation or stretching or spreading, they just point up in the air, identically. Weird huh? I wondered if this was a modification that piano officionados would know about, i.e. for a child or short-legged person, (or perhaps a goat), to enable them to reach the pedals more easily?

I'd like to try and locate/purchase two normal/straight pedals and replace them but because I'm struggling to identify the exact make and model of the piano, it's proving tricky. I've been in touch with Geneva International but they think it's before their time and they certainly don't recognise the dtails I've given them. I've also got an email wending its way to Gibson who now own the Dongbei Piano Company apparently, it was they who originally manufactured Nordiska, or so I'm told??

Inside the piano there's a label that says Langer 75 and another that says Herrburger Brooks. There's a stamp on the chassis/main frame that says M108, which would perhaps be in line with more recent Nordiskas as there's a 109, 116, 120, etc.

Any ideas anyone? Anyone seen that pedal configuration before? Anyone know where I could get new pedals? Failing all that I guess I'll just have to put the existing pedals in a vice and try and straighten them out as best I can...poing!!!

Thanks everyone.

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It has two pedals but both of them are angled upwards by about forty five degrees. But they don't look 'bent', they look as if they've been manufactured that way. There's no signs of deformation or stretching or spreading, they just point up in the air, identically.

Inside the piano there's a label that says Langer 75 and another that says Herrburger Brooks. There's a stamp on the chassis/main frame that says M108, which would perhaps be in line with more recent Nordiskas as there's a 109, 116, 120, etc.

Any ideas anyone? Anyone seen that pedal configuration before? Anyone know where I could get new pedals? Failing all that I guess I'll just have to put the existing pedals in a vice and try and straighten them out as best I can...poing!!!

I think it sounds like your piano has been tipped forward and the pedals have bent identically (as they would!)
upwards. I'm guessing it's a modern cabinet style with no pillars/legs at the front? Carefully bend them back. It may be best to get the pedals removed and bent back gently under heat.

As for the maker, well it's a real Nordiska, probably dating from the mid to late 1980s. made in Scandinavia and probably better than the rubbish that Dongbei (my least favourite Chinese piano maker) is churning out at the moment. I've yet to play a Dongbei piano that hasn't had some kind of fault with it.

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I thought it couldn't be intentional but if you saw them, you'd also think they were made that way, they're so perfectly bent with no sign of stress. You're right in that the piano has no legs, just the main cabinet and I too thought that a tip forward would've caused this but what's also strange is that the wood that surrounds the pedals is not that strong. When I first saw the pedals were angled, I tried to lever one straight again in-situ and you could hear the wood wanting to crack/give way. Which made me think that they couldn't have bent as much as they have using the wood as a fulcrum without splitting it.

Anyway, I've removed them from the piano and luckily I know someone with a fab shop. I'll ask them if then can apply some gentle heat and some gentle force to straighten the buggers back out again.

As for the piano's quality, you're right there too, she plays and sounds beautiful. I'm an emotional player but not very technically proficient, yet! I can't wait to get it up and running. It's also had a silencer strip fitted which helps practice.

OK, well thanks again for the reality check - much appreciated.

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