I almost forgot -- most pump organs I know of use reeds, not pipes. At 05:57 PM 11/19/00 -0800, you wrote: >One idea i have for something to do with a "spinet-size" piano is to make >it into a desk or a pump organ (but then you'd have problems with pipe >length in the bass. >At 08:12 PM 11/17/00 -0500, you wrote: >>Del, >> >>I am pretty sure the only spinet pianos still in production are the Wurlitzer >>1175 (traditional oak) and 1176 (Queen Anne cherry). Several years ago Kent >>Webb said they still make them because there is a market for them, which is >>exactly the same reason the large uprights *aren't* being made. >> >>Regards, Clyde >> >>Delwin D Fandrich wrote: >> >> > I can find no rational excuse for continuing to build spinet pianos. >> > Regardless of the length of their bass strings. (I still haven't figured >> > out why they were introduced in the first place.) > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
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