Una corda in uprights

[Cy Shuster]

Please, tell us how the action can shift, but not the keys!  Flexible
capstans?!?

--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN

----- Original Message -----
From: "Calin Tantareanu" <dnu@fx.ro>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 11:09 AM
Subject: Una corda in uprights


> Today I have seen a very old Pleyel upright, serial number 123751  & 11 F
> 426 (anybody has a Pierce Atlas handy?). It is a very nicely made piano,
> and - big surprise - the left pedal (out of 2) was a true una corda! It
> shifts the action and hammers (but not the keys) to the left, just like in
a
> grand.
> This is so much better than the normal upright left pedal that simply
pushes
> the hammers nearer to the strings, because it allows all the tone
variations
> possible in a grand.
> I wonder why nobody seems to make uprights with una corda pedal today?
>
>
>
>  Calin Tantareanu
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