[pianotech] 1810 Johann Fritz piano forte

[David Doremus]

I don;t see any pictures but I'd bet the bass device is a bassoon stop, 
a roll of parchment that gets lowered onto the strings to buzz 
attractively, and the bell falls into Turkish instrument category, it 
might even have had a mallet to thump on the soundboard... 
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/744195/Janissary-music and 
http://tinyurl.com/cl23z7e


--- Dave
New Orleans




On 11/19/12 7:10 PM, Gene Nelson wrote:
>
> Did not get to tune it and just had time to take a few pics before the
> movers took it away.
> It was out of tune and had just been tuned and played - like a harpsichord
> only with hammers.
> Did not get a chance to figure out what activated the bell or the other
> device over the bass strings. It has 4 pedals.
> Gene
>
>


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