85 note pianos

[Les Smith]

Hi, Jim. Not meaning to start a "stupidist questions" thread, but I think
I once tuned for the brother of the guy who wanted to add the missing three
notes to his 85 note Steinway. When I got there to tune his grand piano, he
already had the music desk out of the instrument. In all seriousness, he
pointed to the plate brace at the bass break and asked me if I could remove
it so that we could "even out" the damper line and eliminate the "crooked"
dampers!

Les Smith
lessmith@buffnet.net

On Tue, 12 Mar 1996 Jim_Harvey@yca.ccmail.compuserve.com wrote:

> Keith,
>
> Dunno the background on 85-noters, but once had a client with an 85-note
> Steinway who wanted me to add the "missing" three notes!
>
> He like the piano. Understandably, since it was quite a power box, but
> claimed that it threw his 'equilibrium' off for other pianos.
>
> Jim Harvey, RPT
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> Does someone know the history and/or purposes for these pianos being made
> without the top three notes?
>
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