Today I have seen a very old Pleyel upright, serial number 123751 & 11 F 426 (anybody has a Pierce Atlas handy?). It is a very nicely made piano, and - big surprise - the left pedal (out of 2) was a true una corda! It shifts the action and hammers (but not the keys) to the left, just like in a grand. This is so much better than the normal upright left pedal that simply pushes the hammers nearer to the strings, because it allows all the tone variations possible in a grand. I wonder why nobody seems to make uprights with una corda pedal today? Calin Tantareanu ---------------------------------------------------- http://calintantareanu.tripod.com ----------------------------------------------------
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