[pianotech] Interesting old newspaper photo

John Ross jrpiano at eastlink.ca
Tue Feb 15 15:44:07 MST 2011


Conrad, if it was Scotland, it was Edinburgh. Pronounced like you spelled it.
John Ross
Ex Scot.
On 2011-02-15, at 5:42 PM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> It's a typical down-striking grand.  And, yes, the action does look a lot like a "birdcage".  I'll look for the original slide and rescan it larger, if you wish.  This one was in the basement storage at EUCHMI - Edinborough 
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> Conrad Hoffsommer
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> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> CC: pianotech at ptg.org; pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
> From: pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:23:20 -0600
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Interesting old newspaper photo
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> What kind of piano is that??  Like a vertical birdcage of sorts.  Are those the hammers above the strings?  Very strange.  My computer only gave me a really small pic. 
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> I don't think I want one, though <G> 
> thanks for sharing! 
> Paul 
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> From:	Conrad Hoffsommer <choffsommer at hotmail.com>
> To:	<pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date:	02/15/2011 03:19 PM
> Subject:	Re: [pianotech] Interesting old newspaper photo
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> I think this is the action out of that table piano
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> Conrad Hoffsommer
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> From: forsyth93 at btinternet.com
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:41:16 +0000
> Subject: [pianotech] Interesting old newspaper photo
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> I like this one; a table piano. 
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> .... and then you put the mattress on top! 
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> AF 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Tom Gorley 
> To: pianotech at ptg.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:08 AM 
> Subject: [pianotech] Interesting old newspaper photo 
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> I was cleaning my attic last week and found this old newspaper clipping.    ---Tom Gorley
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