JD said: "Ah. There's no sign of this feature in the pictures I saw here: <http://www.dreams.org/staff/composer/music/piano/fandrich-action/>. So all the keys move down when you press the half-blow pedal? Rather disconcerting in my experience, for certain old uprights do have forward-weighted keys. There's no substitute for a proper una corda shift but so far as I know only Bl?thner and Brinsmead ever did it. Herrburger-Schwander made a very beautiful repetition action for uprights in the early 1900s in order to meet the exigencies of the player piano. It was fitted to most Bechsteins and the bigger Broadwoods. I can't find a picture of it right now. As to the action that feels most like a grand, I'd think immediately of the old Steinway action with the H flange. This was designed for excellent repetition without the need for fancy additions and when properly set up with new hammers behaves very much like a grand and feels very meaty. There have been dozens of upright "repetition action" designs over the past 120 years but a properly regulated and balanced upright action even without these additions will repeat very well." JD, You've really got to get off of that Island once in a while.<G> The unichorda thingee, on Uprights was done by many US manufacturers over the years! Two that come to mind are: Decker and Chickering. There are probably a few more, just can't think of them off hand. As for the way the Fandrich Action works, it is far superior to the Steinway K52. In fact the first one that Darrell made was a retrofit on a K52! Totally blew everyone away, IMO! Once the pianist gets used to the keys moving with the pedal, infinite coloration is possible with this action. As I said in an earlier post, this action MUST be approached, (regulation-wise), as if it were a Grand action, else you get in deep doo-doo!<G REgards, Joseph Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060826/1795aeb7/attachment.html
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