What do you do with a square action?

[Brian Henselman]

Hmmm,

-----Original Message-----
From: Berley A. Firmin <FIRMAN1@prodigy.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: What do you do with a square action?


>Hi all,
>    Yes there is a square on the American Queen Steamboat. when I was last
>there tuning the steam calliope, I passed through one of the larger Salons
>and noticed someone "tuning" a square. When I investigated, the case had
>been gutted and a digital "piano" placed in its stead.  The piano still
>looked beautiful, with all of its rosewood veneer.....but somehow I felt
>uneasy.
>Mr. Berley Antoine Firmin II
>Bayou La Combe, Louisiana

If it was a "digital" piano, then why was someone tuning it?  I just thought
this seemed kinda curious.