List: I couldn't resist coming out of my hole (trying to finish my Master's degree this year) on this one. The pedal board piano which I have seen was at one of the universities I have served. I am pretty sure it was a Hazelton upright. If I remember correctly, holes were drilled through the bottom board to accomodate the pedal board, and through the keybed to accomodate the long dowels connecting the pedals to the appropriate keys. Old tired steel-wound strings must have given special meaning to the term "pedal-point." When the school went with a lease program 12 years ago this piano slipped away before I realized it; the current organ instructor was doing her master's degree there at the time, and now we are both a bit nostalgic about the piano (whose pedals remain in a basement at the school, I think). But it is a novelty whose main advantage lies in the possibility of organ pedal practice without the organ (and the required space). If you want an organ to practice on at home, buy an old Allen with full AGO pedals. Either way, if you are middle aged like me the left hand/feet synapses will remain highly resistant to electrical flow. How do you value a pedal piano? Take a standard approach to valuing the instrument, and make an assessment of the value of the whole package. Besides the fact that it is primarily a novelty, it is not a particularly complicated device, easily duplicable, which may not enhance its value. But the existence of the Internet may enhance its value, as long as you can get the right key words for someone looking for such a beast. Bill Shull, RPT In a message dated 9/24/00 7:53:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, caccola@net1plus.com writes: << Hi, Tim, Didn't H.F.Miller offer pedal boards in a few uprights? These would be rare. Clark >>
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