I'm not sure what the patent number is, but I saw the piano today. It certainly looked like a regular soundboard to me, underneath 80 years of dirt, grime, stink bugs, and neglect. A totally unremarkable piano. 4'10" in length, completely beat up. I'm still not sure what their ad meant by "three sounding boards" David Weiss -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 9:46 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] 3 sound boards??? On 9/7/2012 8:18 PM, David Weiss wrote: > > Someone call me today to make a tuning appointment, and told me they > have a piano with 3 sound boards. Hmm. > > They told me the brand was a Heppe and Sons and the plate says Edward > Jules. > > I did some poking around on the internet and came across this blurb on > the Blue Book of Pianos: > > HEPPE & SON > > The C. J. Heppe & Son is the leading piano made by the Heppe Piano Co. > The pianos made under the direction of the Heppe Piano Co. are > produced by two factories in uptown Philadelphia. The Heppe Piano > Co.'s product differs from all other pianos because that they have > three sounding boards instead of one, an invention which was patented > in 1902 in the United States and foreign countries. > > Anyone familiar with this? Personally, no. Is this it? patent #711765 Ron N
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