Mark I ran into one of these piano some time ago. I presume this is a straight strung piano, in that all the strings go straight up and down. (That's the only way the shift will work). Mine was also a "bird cage" action. I don't know of any historical significance, (I'm sure Jack Wyatt will chime on this), but I do remember the lever tearing a hole in my pants. Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician Mililani, Oahu, HI 808-349-2943 Author of: The Business of Piano Tuning available from Potter Press www.pianotuning.com -----Original Message----- From: Mark Provenzano <provotuning at yahoo.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:43 am Subject: [pianotech] Changeable Pitch Action Hello, ? I just received delivery of a Vough Piano with a functional "Changeable Pitch Action," a lever which can raise the pitch by a half step. I'm a novice technician, and my intention is to use this piano?for practicing repairs/regulating/tuning. I think it's about 100 years old, but am not sure exactly (serial # 4437), and other than the cabinetry, it's in pretty bad shape. ? Before I start tinkering with this thing and swapping out parts, I just wanted to be sure that I wasn't tampering with a rare or historic piano. And I was wondering if anyone knew of any information out there on these pianos. ? Thanks, ? Mark Provenzano -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090107/633e5b00/attachment.html>
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