---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Phil, I have seen references to both men inventing this system in 1828. Pape in the upright and Babcock in the Sq. Pianoforte. I have noticed that in the past most references are slanted in favor of the writers own Country. In the main and with the exception of Steinway America did little of this. An example of this being Chickering invented the full Iron plate for the grand in 1840. However it was three years later in 1843 that he got around to getting a patent on it. In the case of Babcock, it,s listed in the Pierce Piano Atlas that Babcock invented the overstrung scale or (cross stringing). In the same book under Pape is listed as introducing cross stringing in Paris in 1839. As in almost everything that happened that far back factual information is difficult to find. Any help you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks for your interest, Regards, Jack Wyatt, P.S. Phil, don't pay any attention to Dale Probst FOJ. he rants like that a lot. Just ignore or humor him. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/01/45/94/f1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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