On Monday, November 12, 2001, at 06:52 PM, Joe Morocco wrote: > I recently tuned an German Upright that had 4 strings on every note > from > D5 up to G7 85 note.. Neeedless to say this took extra time to > tune !!!! > The piano had a lot of power and was hard to controll when played. > > Has anyone in the group seen any pianos like this ??? > Yes, Joe, but the 4th string was behind the the 3 struck by the hammer, so it vibrated sympathetically. I pulled it off the sidewalk into my apartment at 11425 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, and did most of my "practice tuning" on it while studying piano tuning &c. at Robert Perkins School of Piano Technology. Long, long ago ... It was made in Jamestown, NY, and had a very Teutonic name. Patrick Draine
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