Transposing Piano

[Greg Newell]

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How does it handle the breaks? Seems hammer alignment would be a bit of a 
problem.

Greg Newell


At 01:33 AM 8/24/2002, you wrote:
>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

Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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