Since we are on the current thread of screwstringers, does anyone know who invented or patented the system? Since M&H started piano making in around 1883 were their first pianos screwstringers also? If not, has anyone seen a pre-1895 M&H grand that wasn't a screwstringer? What about the uprights, did they use screwstringing also or the norm? I have only tuned 1 screwstringer (grand) in my life, many years ago, and the one I tuned was not a memorable or impressive experience. I think M&H expertise before Gertz was just not there but lay in their reed organs. James Grebe R.P.T. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "Take me through the darkness to the break of the day"
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