[pianotech] 3 sound boards???

[David Weiss]

I'm not sure what the patent number is, but I saw the piano today.  It
certainly looked like a regular soundboard to me, underneath 80 years of
dirt, grime, stink bugs, and neglect.  A totally unremarkable piano. 4'10"
in length, completely beat up.  I'm still not sure what their ad meant by
"three sounding boards"

David Weiss

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 9:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] 3 sound boards???

On 9/7/2012 8:18 PM, David Weiss wrote:
>
> Someone call me today to make a tuning appointment, and told me they 
> have a piano with 3 sound boards.  Hmm.
>
> They told me the brand was a Heppe and Sons and the plate says Edward 
> Jules.
>
> I did some poking around on the internet and came across this blurb on 
> the Blue Book of Pianos:
>
> HEPPE & SON
>
> The C. J. Heppe & Son is the leading piano made by the Heppe Piano Co.
> The pianos made under the direction of the Heppe Piano Co. are 
> produced by two factories in uptown Philadelphia. The Heppe Piano 
> Co.'s product differs from all other pianos because that they have 
> three sounding boards instead of one, an invention which was patented 
> in 1902 in the United States and foreign countries.
>
> Anyone familiar with this?


Personally, no. Is this it? patent #711765 Ron N