>> Can anyone pinpoint when the overstrung bass was introduced and by whom? >> >>Avery Todd >>atodd@uh.edu Keith McGavern posted: >Steinway & Sons, December 20, 1859 > >Reference: "The Steinways and Their Pianos in the Nineteenth Century", page 8 Additional information: " ...what set the foundation for many of the Steinways' contributions toward building a more powerful and stronger piano--was granted to him <Henry> on December 20, 1859 (no. 26,532...) This invention claimed a new arrangement of strings for grand pianos in which the strings are in two tiers. The bass notes are strung over the middle and upper register strings." (same resource material) Steve's info obviously pre-dates this info, so the difference I surmise is vertical piano and grand piano. Keith A. McGavern, RPT Oklahoma Chapter 731 Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma
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