<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are different systems of = transposing pianos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One system I know about is the = shift system. The keyboard can be moved to the left or right (with levers),  = allowing the key  to be potitioned unther  different notes = and so giving the possibility e.g.to play music that is written in D major while using the notes of lets say C major. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Was that meant to avoid the use of sharps?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are several other systems but I = forgot how these works. You can find good information about transposing pianos in = Rosamund Hardings book the piano forte.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre Gevaert</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Belgium</FONT>----- Original Message = ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 24, 2002 = 1:18 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Transposing = Piano..</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I have a customer with an Ibach Transposing = Piano.  I haven't seen it yet.  What is it and basically, how does it work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>