Have never seen one but the piano was a Tokai. They sold quite a few in Sydney. Tried to find out more information about the system myself but never got an answer from Japan. Tony Caught Australia caute@bigpond.com.au > > > My question still stands: Does anybody make uprights, nowadays, with una > > corda? > > > > > > Calin Tantareanu > > > > > I taught a couple of classes in Sydney, Australia a couple of years back. > There was an exhibitor there showing a Japanese-built vertical piano > featuring a shifting una corda action. I don't remember the brand name or > the builder. In this piano the damper mechanism was split off and was > mounted to the case sides. Not the way I'd have done it but it did seem to > work reasonably well and shouldn't have added all that much to the cost of > the piano. The keyset and stack shifted per normal grand piano practice. > > I do not know if the piano is still available. Perhaps some of our > Australian colleagues could comment? > > Del
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