Hardman Minipiano (ugh!)

[alan forsyth]

Those little beasts were built under license from Eavestaff (England) and there were several variations. Here is a photo of one where the action and keyboard just tilts backwards for accessibility.



AF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: Hardman Minipiano (ugh!)


> 
> 
>> Has anyone out there ever successfully taken the action out of a 
>> Minipiano? If so, I take my hat off to you 1,000 times.
> 
> From the descriptions so far, I don't ever want to meet one. 
> But consider this; these things were *built* by someone. I 
> picture the accused standing before the judge as the gavel 
> falls and the sentence is imposed at two years time served in 
> the Hardman-Peck correctional institution assembling and 
> *regulating* Minipianos as penance for crimes against humanity 
> in the New York area. Oh death, please, death!
> 
> So far, I've made it about 30 years without having to do a 
> full regulation on even a relatively "normal" spinet. I can't 
> imagine what these beasties are like. I know there are jacks 
> down there somewhere because I can hear them laughing. I just 
> can't see them or reach them.
> 
> Shudder,
> Ron N
> 
>
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