Wow - that's super cute Jurgen. How does it sound?? Shoenhut is also making a child size grand piano for around $3000-$4000. There's just something so appealing about tiny pianos! Kinda like puppies and kittens etc. On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jurgen Goering < pianoforte at pianofortesupply.com> wrote: > 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 > >> -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090421/758f76cc/attachment.html>
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