André, At 18:17 06/08/2003 +0200, you wrote: >On zondag, jun 8, 2003, at 18:07 Europe/Amsterdam, Richard Brekne wrote: >> >>Do you mean straight strung ? grin.. sorry ... couldnt help >>myself. Every time I see that "flat strung" term... I get this vision of >>some guy out there banging away at the string matial to flatten it before >>stringing the instrument. >>RIcB > >Yeah, he means straight strung. >The Rippen (I think it was called 'concerto') upright in the shape of a >smallish grand was strung straight. >It sounded awful by the way (but I don't mean on the side of the road). You mean like the old giraffe pianos? I thought they died in the 1840s. Was the action underslung/inverted/whateveryouwanttocallit, too, with the hammers below the keybed?? Conrad Hoffsommer You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you.
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