Triple overstrung upright

[antares@euronet.nl]

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Antares

On dinsdag, mei 27, 2003, at 22:00 Europe/Amsterdam, Alan Forsyth wrote:

> Dear listed ones,
>
> I examined the strangest of curiosities today. I've come across a 
> double
> overstrung grand but never in my life would I have thought that I'd 
> see a
> double overstrung upright. But today was one better, a triple 
> overstrung
> upright. It is an 1880's Neumeyer (German) with a French crank type  
> action.
> The first 5 notes in the upper bass are overstrung over the low tenor; 
> the
> rest of the bichords are then overstrung over these two layers and 
> then the
> 11 remaining low bass singles are overstrung over these 3 layers. Each
> "layer" has it's own separate bridge.
>
> What an amazing whopping, thumping bass this piano has. There is a 
> large
> bass cutoff with no filler panel. The extreme bass bridge is about 2 
> inches
> high and sits on stilts.
>
> Anyone need pics?
>
> Regards
> Alan Forsyth
> Edinburgh
>
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Antares,
The Netherlands

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