Jurgen, I live not too far from St-Hyacinthe where your toy piano was made. Did you find any writings inside or underside of it. I could inquire if only I had the full first name for O Jacques. Marcel To: pianotech at ptg.org From: pianoforte at pianofortesupply.com Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:04:49 -0700 Subject: [pianotech] Toy Piano Scaling I suggest buying an inexpensive xylophone and using the tone bars. While on the subject of toy pianos, I own a toy grand with a real cast iron plate and tunable strings. I am still looking for more information on this unique piece. Was it a promotional piano for a store window? Check out photos here: http://www.pianofortesupply.com/toypiano Jurgen Goering > This is off the wall and off topic but I thought I'd throw it out to the >> mathematical among us.... >> >> I have toy piano for a long time customer who wants it to work for her >> granddaughter, several of the tines are broken. I have a friend who is a >> metal worker so making new ones is possible, the question is how to >> calculate the proper length without simple trial and error. Is there a >> formula or two for calculating the pitch of a steel rod? Any advice? >> >> --Dave >> >> New Orleans >> _________________________________________________________________ Réinventez comment vous restez en contact avec le nouveau Windows Live Messenger. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650737 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090421/c4c64b5c/attachment.html>
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