I don;t see any pictures but I'd bet the bass device is a bassoon stop, a roll of parchment that gets lowered onto the strings to buzz attractively, and the bell falls into Turkish instrument category, it might even have had a mallet to thump on the soundboard... http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/744195/Janissary-music and http://tinyurl.com/cl23z7e --- Dave New Orleans On 11/19/12 7:10 PM, Gene Nelson wrote: > > Did not get to tune it and just had time to take a few pics before the > movers took it away. > It was out of tune and had just been tuned and played - like a harpsichord > only with hammers. > Did not get a chance to figure out what activated the bell or the other > device over the bass strings. It has 4 pedals. > Gene > > -- Dave Doremus, RPT Piano Tuning & Restoration 504-263-2923
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