Are uprights with una corda pedal being made nowadays?

[Joe And Penny Goss]

They also only used two strings on a unison O:(
Joe Goss RPT
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "peter sharp" <pasharpie2@yahoo.com.au>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: Are uprights with una corda pedal being made nowadays?


> 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:
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> >  
> > 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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