Pretty cool. The action looks fortepiano-ish. Paul Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 04/22/2009 12:41 AM Please respond to pianotech at ptg.org To pianotech at ptg.org cc Subject Re: [pianotech] Toy Piano Scaling 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/20090422/0fff2825/attachment-0001.html>
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