Stephen, At 23:41 6/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >There is an historical precedent for this...it isn't so bizarre. The >Stein piano (c1780) in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts is believed to have >been a Saitenharmonika originally <snip> Would that be like the Geigenwerk? They predated Janissary pedals though, didn't they, so you wouldn't have found cymbals and drums included, right? Conrad Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu Luther College Music Technician pno2ner@salamander.com Decorah, Iowa 52101 Voice (319)-387-1204 Fax (319)-387-1076 Oh wad some power the giftie gie us; to see oursel's as others see us! It wad some monie a blunder free us, and foolish notion. - Robert Burns
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