Topic: Thought it was a Glass Insulator ......

[petet63]

but I cant see it amongst the hundreds I looked at. The Square is 4cm and about 9cm Diameter, a few stones in but not much wear to the base. Small Pontil area (1p piece) a little rough but flat. Any Clues ??

[petet63]

Any clues as to where to start another search ? My vocabulary has run out. Tried as many keywords as I could. Any input appreciated. Thanks.

[Fuhrman Glass]

looks like a coaster to go under a square table leg to protect the floor.

[Alsretro]

Hi - these were discussed in a previous thread but not identified http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,51139.0.html
Alastair

[lapinyö]

Riihimäen lasi made these kinds of things under piano legs:

page 71, item 2541

http://digi.lib.helsinki.fi/pienpainate/secure/showPage.html?action=page&type=lq&conversationId=5&id=345311&pageFrame_currPage=75&pageFrame_currFrame=14

If the pic doesn´t open, choose previous or next page, then return to page 71.

Modern "things" look like this:

http://www.pianotarvike.fi/cat/product_details.php?p=128

...which is why I suppose the piano leg "thing" is circuled, round.

[petet63]

Alsreto, Thanks for the Link, I did wonder about Scottish origins. 2 more and we have a set between us  I understood Insulators were to stop Vibrations through the floor when playing but some say to stop it marking ?
Lapinyo, I cant get to the page at all, shows as not found. is there another link as i cant find it using keywords either.
Thanks to both of you.    Pete

[lapinyö]

Sorry, Pete, I don´t know if it has something to do with servers  anyway, the pages I linked are Helsinki University National Library´s Digitized material.

Maybe this will help:

http://www.helsinki.fi/search?site=Kaikki_julkinen&hl=en&client=julkinen&proxystylesheet=julkinen&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=pienpainatteet

THERE choose this line, it should be written in blue-ish colour:
Kansalliskirjasto - Digitoidut aineistot - Pienpainatteet

THEN choose the word JULKAISIJASELAILU, (which is just after the bolded word PÄÄSIVU)

CHOOSE the letter R
COOSE Riihimäen lasi OY

Now you are looking for an edition called Kristallien ja Talouslasien KUVASTO (not Hinnasto), dated year 1915
CHOOSE Kristallien ja Talouslasien Kuvasto
Page 71 on the edition, page 75 on digitized version.

Good luck!

[chopin-liszt]

Piano insulators were to protect floors, not against vibrations.

Glass would transmit vibrations anyway, it's kind of solid and inflexible at room temperature - and the whole point of being at a live performance is to experience everything that happens during it - that includes the vibrations - they are vital - other wise you'd be as well off listening to a recording.

[oldglassman]

 Hi ,
           http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php?topic=45100.0

  Peter.

[chopin-liszt]

They say there that it is to reduce vibrations, Peter - but it's nonsense.

Glass does not insulate vibrations. It's a matter of simple physics.