Real Lyre for Stwy XO-wouldn't that be "OR"?

[gordon stelter]

That's very strange. That anyone would go to the
trouble of putting a  Welte into a Steinway. I'm not
doubting you, but wonder if it wasn't built as a Welte
( on custom order, or in Germany ) originally. 
     An early reproducer, perhaps.

Peace,
     
     Peace,
     G


--- william ballard <yardbird at vermontel.net> wrote:

> Yo, Thump,
> 
> On Jul 2, 2007, at 9:00 PM, gordon stelter wrote:
> > My impressioin is that the Duo Art version of the
> "O"
> > was called an "OR". The "X" designation was only
> used
> > for the "M"reproducer, perhaps because "Mr" would
> have
> > looked a  bit silly ?
> >      Thump
> 
> I'm guessing the "X" is like the county hospital's
> entry under  
> "Father of Newborn". They don't want to acknowledge
> anything about  
> it. But you probably know more than I do about it.
> If nothing else,  
> this piano is an "ex-" O.
> 
> 
> It had (as I remember) a Welte player retro-fitted
> where the Duo-Art  
> was. And after that that and a cheap set of hammers,
> it's still a  
> very fine sounding O. The current pedals and lyre
> are barely  
> functional: it really needs a Stwy lyre to be a real
> piano for this  
> summer chamber music program.
> 
> Thanks for replying. I the meantime, I've decided
> that the keybed  
> stiffener plank should be solid, and that it won't
> be that difficult  
> to locate. I'm routing out for the female locking
> plate before the  
> plank gets attached to the keybed. Triangulation.
> Nothing trickier  
> than, say, finding the right location for a new back
> action.
> 
> Mr. Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



 
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