Does anyone know what the largest uprights made in the early 1900s were, and how tall they were? I have noticed that no one is making uprights over 52" tall anymore, and I happen to like the old, tall ones. The Ricca & Son piano that I have mentioned in earlier posts (not the junky piano, but the one with the broken string) is about 56 1/2" tall. I've heard about 60" pianos, and I have been wondering if that's the limit or if there are any taller pianos than that that are overstrung, have full plates, 88 keys, and that aren't the "inverted grands" or whatever the ones were in which the strings only went down to the keyboard. I have also been wondering what might be the maximum string length in such a piano. Would it be possible, say, if the piano is 60" tall and 60" wide, to have a 66 to 68" A1 string in such a piano? Also, another thing I'm curious of -- on many uprights I see, they leave a lot of room, like maybe a foot or two between the high end of the bass bridge and the right side of the cabinet. Is there a reason for putting the bass bridge there, and not moving it over so the strings can be 6" to a foot longer? Another idea: in a Spinet, why couldn't they put the bass tuning pins along the upper left side running vertically and the bass bridge at the opposite corner? Is it possible to get longer strings that way? Considering, for example, a 37" high 57" wide spinet, I don't think it would be impossible to have strings approaching 54 - 57", would it? They are probably only 40" in most spinets these days. Oh, and another thing: I don't have the money to buy a piano right now, but does anyone know where I should look for a beat-up (worn hammers, some keytops missing -- maybe looks like the junky piano in the picture except all the keys are there), action looks similar to "junky piano" picture, maybe all the strings are still there, and is at least 100c flat Bosendorfer Imperial grand? _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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