On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 11:20 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > There's a couple I can think of: Lack of a rational justification for > doing so (that I know of, at any rate) Rationality aside, my understanding (absorbed long ago from I where I can't recall) was that this was Bechstein's modification for pianos being sent outside Europe (ie the nasty old USA). What do the Europeans say -- do you have top soundboard buttons on Bechsteins over there? Patrick Draine
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