At 08:14 PM 3/19/99 -0800, you wrote: >Worked on a Bush and Gerts, 1896 year, according to the Piano Atlas. >Beautiful cabinet, but what was inside was pretty much beyond useful life. >HOWEVER, there were several extra sets of strings. 1 Bass String below A0, >a tri-chord above the treble break, and another tri chord further up. >There were no hammers, no keys, no action of any kind for these strings, >and no room to add any. The strings had been muted off with rubber wedges. > >Why? > > >Ed Carwithen >John Day, OR > My guess is that the is piano has a transposing keyboard which can be moved a half step. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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