Pitch Raise Experiment

[Stephen Airy]

--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> I have a Merrifield from Illinois that is 57 inches
> tall and has a lost
> motion compensator!
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Experiment
> 
> 
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Experiment
> >
> >
> > > an old upright at least 58" to 60" tall and at
> least
> > > 66" wide, with a 26 or 25 note bass, no wound
> strings
> > > on long bridge, an ornate case, ivory keys, lost
> > > motion compensator, etc... (one that if it was
> being
> > > manufactured today would make someone who was on
> a
> > > tight budget look at a Steinway D instead)
> > >
> >
> >     You really want a piano which has an extra 9
> or 10 inches of case on
> > either side of the keyboard? I thought space was a
> consideration. I don't
> > recall ever running into an upright that was over
> about 54" inches tall,
> > either.
> >
> 

I want long bass strings and a good scale.  Preferably
an A1 string length of at least 60", and I need to
have the plain trichords go down to B2 or A#2.

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