Giraffe piano photos

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

List,

At 11:34 6/9/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi guys - I lost the thread on this topic but if you're still looking for 
>giraffe photos....
>
>Just did a quick search for "giraffe piano photo" and came up with an 
>interesting site @ 
><http://www.concertpitchpiano.com>www.concertpitchpiano.com - which has 
>photos of the outside and action of a Stein giraffe.  I found navigation a 
>bit confusing, but the photos are there in their "Virtual Piano Museum" 
>along with some other interesting ones.
>
>I could only find photos of the full back type.  The Museum of the 
>American Piano in NYC has an open back giraffe which has a gilded bass end 
>post similar to that of a harp and there is no soundboard above keyboard 
>level leaving the strings completely exposed to vibrate only the aid of 
>the harp-style "soundpost" (or whatever it may be called.)  Unfortunately, 
>the Museum's site has no photos, unless I couldn't find them.
>
>Bruce Greig



I have a few pictures of an open frame giraffe as he describes.  I _think_ 
the one I took was called an Orphicon and is located at EUCHMI (Edinburgh 
University).  I'll have to go back some time and take better ones.   I also 
took some pictures of the action and tuning devices - all under keybed 
level and, indeed, the tuners are at pedal level.

If someone could review [privately] how I get these posted, I'd appreciate it.



Conrad Hoffsommer
Decorah, IA

So many chocolates; so little time.