Are uprights with una corda pedal being made nowadays?

[peter sharp]

maybe i can clarify: the original una corda meant one
string. in Beethoven's piano (maybe the Broadwood?)the
hammer struck just one of the 3 strings- not 2, as in
the later "una corda" shifts. So when Beethoven wrote
una corda in his piano scores, he really meant it:
real soft with one string only. Apparently the hammers
were narrower than today's, hence more room for
shifting. See Charles Rosen's elegant view of this
history. I borrow his knowledge. 
--- Piannaman@aol.com wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 6/30/05 9:32:31 PM Pacific
> Daylight Time,  
> fandrich@pianobuilders.com writes:
> 
> Actually there is one being built in  Japan. The
> name escapes me just now but 
> given some time after I recover from  our move I can
> probably find it. I saw 
> one being displayed in Sydney several  years back --
> worked quite well.
>  
> Del
> 
> 
> 
> I seem to remember this thread awhile back, and the
> name that comes to mind  
> is Tokai.  I haven't seen them in the US in quite
> some time.
>  
> Dave Stahl
> 




	

	
		
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