The Japanese pianomaker, Toyo, made a similar system. Worked quite nicely in the sample I saw. Don't know if they are still in business or not. They are not exported to the U.S. Del Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA Phone 360.736-7563 <mailto:fandrich at pianobuilders.com> _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Delacour Sent: April 03, 2008 1:06 AM To: Pianotech List Subject: Blüthner with una corda At 00:33 +0000 3/4/08, John Delacour wrote: ...It would be easy for makers to fit a proper una corda action to uprights without any extra expense but apart from Blüthner in the old days I know of no other maker that did this for an underdamper action...These actions are very easy to work on and regulate, having the added advantage that the hammers are screwed on at the back, as in an overdamper action, so they are easy to remove without touching the levers. I remembered this morning that I recently took some pictures of one of these at a colleague's shop: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080403/549158c9/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 92025 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080403/549158c9/attachment-0002.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 102061 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080403/549158c9/attachment-0003.jpe
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