---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi ho again.... found this patent date for the invention of the left pedal on the web site www.uk-piano.org/history/patents.html July, 25, 1787. HUMPHREY WALTON. (1) Pedal for causing. the grand hammer to strike one, two, or three strings ; the hammers" striking perpendicular hammers which strike the wires. will wickham besting the snowy day through research On Mar 16, 2004, at 10:43 AM, Will Wickham wrote: > > > On Mar 15, 2004, at 11:43 PM, David Love wrote: > >> Since the una corda shifts and hits two strings, why is it called the >> una >> corda rather than the due corda. I assumed that this might have been >> because in the early days there were only two string unisons, so that >> when >> the una corda was depressed it did, in fact, strike only one string. >> If >> that were true, then why, when the una corda is released, is the >> instruction given as "tre corda". >> >> Clear this one up for me please. >> >> >> David Love >> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1294 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/77/7f/c4/8a/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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