Transposing Piano

[Piannaman@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 8/23/02 4:36:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:


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> I have a customer with an Ibach Transposing Piano.  I haven't seen it yet.  
> What is it and basically, how does it work.
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> 

I think I know this piano.  Is it an ebony 6 foot 7 grand that was purchased 
from Peninsula Piano Brokers in Palo Alto, CA?  If so, there is a lever that 
is just below the front left side of the keyboard.  You push down on the 
lever--it has a spring action that pushes it back up--and slide it left or 
right however many notches you choose, depending on how far you want to 
transpose.  The entire action slides with it, placing it under the 
appropriate strings.  I think the total range of transposition is an octave.  

Paul Bailey once put a historical temperament of some sort on this piano or 
one like it.  Kind of an interesting experiment.  Don't know quite what it 
proved, but it made for a bit of conversation.

Dave Stahl

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