[pianotech] Changeable pitch action

[John Ross]

Heintzman & Company, Toronto, Canada, made one.
It transposed more than one note.
I saw one in the 70's, but was not in the business, so didn't take much notice.
It had extra keys, and the keybed moved sideways, into the cheekblocks.
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Boyce 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:59 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Changeable pitch action


  Irving Berlin had a key-change piano: "Berlin was a self-taught pianist and one who reputedly restricted himself mainly to the black keys of the piano. Eventually he bought a special piano with a lever under the keyboard, enabling him to transpose his music mechanically"  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Berlin )

  David.
John M.Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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