Can you explain what exactly the "Piano Registry" is? I've looked at the web site and the list archives and I haven't found out much of anything. What kinds of things are you looking for? Peter Stevenson On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 11:25 -0500, JWyatt1492 at aol.com wrote: > > Hello Pat, > > Thank you for your reply. This information will go into the > PTGF. " Piano Registry." Your name will be registered also. > > Present and future Technicians 20, 50, 100 years from now > can have access to this knowledge. > > If someone does not preserve this information then it will be > gone forever. This would be a shameful loss. > > The P.T.G. Foundation has now began this effort. > > We need help, Thank you for yours, > > Jack Wyatt > Dallas, > > > > > > In a message dated 1/31/2009 1:35:24 P.M. Central Standard Time, > jpdraine at gmail.com writes: > Hi Jack, > You've jarred some long sleeping memory cells! Way back when I > was "thinking about" a career in piano technology(1974-75?), > my next door neighbors left their Ahlstrom upright piano in > front of their apartment building (sans top front panel). > After confirming it was "free for the taking", I gathered a > few friends to haul it up several steps into my apartment. I > had it for about 5 years, and moved it several times as I > moved around University Circle (Cleveland). > When I "got serious", and attended Robert Perkins' piano > technology school on the west side of Cleveland, I spent many > hours at it, toiling away at the basics. > Philistine that I was at the time, my frustration with > "interference" from the auxiliary strings singing away in the > high treble, led me to remove those strings. I passed it on to > some friends when I moved back East (1979). > Patrick Draine > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 1:23 PM, <JWyatt1492 at aol.com> wrote: > Hello to all, > > C. A. Ahlstron and his Brothers did indeed make > high > quality Pianos. > > In addition to their non-blockable action they > employed > a self regulating device in the action to insure that > there > would be no blocking. > > A special feature of their later pianos is the > incorporation > of a system of auxiliary or sympathetic strings in the > upper > register. Experience and logic would lead us to > believe it > was similar to the German " Bluthner " Aliquot > feature. > > I would appreciate any and all factual information > on this > "Ahlstom" feature. I need this info. for the PTG. > Museum. > > Regards and > Thanks > Jack Wyatt > Dallas > > > ______________________________________________________ > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just > 2 easy steps! > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499.
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