Did it have anything to do with the bellyrail having to point towards Mecca? Phil --- Phillip Ford Piano Service & Restoration 1777 Yosemite Ave - 215 San Francisco, CA 94124 >Anyway, use the opportunity to challenge the grey cells. Why angle the >bellyrail? Clue: The reason for this little habit goes back a couple of >centuries, and ceased to apply early in the 19th Century. [can't expect >the piano industry to have caught up yet though] > >Stephen > >Stephen Birkett Fortepianos >Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos >464 Winchester Drive >Waterloo, Ontario >Canada N2T 1K5 >tel: 519-885-2228 >mailto: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca > > >
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