City Views #240: Road Works VII
A last view into the construction site chaos from a different angle, shot about half an hour before the previous image when they were still working on parking the excavator and securing the site.
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A last view into the construction site chaos from a different angle, shot about half an hour before the previous image when they were still working on parking the excavator and securing the site.
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This is why the Oberdämpfer (top-dampener) mechanic is also called Birdcage Action – the hammers are really caged in by the dampener rods. My Ibach piano actually has a more advanced top dampener mechanic than other cheaper pianos from that time period, because Ibach and Blüthner used a better development of the concept. It still has much more sustain than modern pianos, but it sounds great nevertheless. I should probably use this series of photos for a proper article about the piano over on my “other” blog!
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I just had to try this shot again with the excavator standing smack-dab in the middle of the crossroads. But this is really going to be the next-to-last photo from the construction site :-).
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