Una corda in uprights

[Avery Todd]

Tony,

Are you sure it wasn't a Tadashi? I have two of those at a church I tune for.
I've never heard of a Tokai.

Avery

At 11:36 PM 08/21/03 +0930, you wrote:
>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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