<!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 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those little beasts were built under license from Eavestaff (England) and there were several variations. Here is a photo of one where the action and keyboard just tilts backwards for accessibility.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:007b01c74184$569b5f20$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></STRONG> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Ron Nossaman" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>rnossaman@cox.net</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech List" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:36 PM</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: Hardman Minipiano (ugh!)</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> <BR>>> Has anyone out there ever successfully taken the action out of a <BR>>> Minipiano? If so, I take my hat off to you 1,000 times.<BR>> <BR>> From the descriptions so far, I don't ever want to meet one. <BR>> But consider this; these things were *built* by someone. I <BR>> picture the accused standing before the judge as the gavel <BR>> falls and the sentence is imposed at two years time served in <BR>> the Hardman-Peck correctional institution assembling and <BR>> *regulating* Minipianos as penance for crimes against humanity <BR>> in the New York area. Oh death, please, death!<BR>> <BR>> So far, I've made it about 30 years without having to do a <BR>> full regulation on even a relatively "normal" spinet. I can't <BR>> imagine what these beasties are like. I know there are jacks <BR>> down there somewhere because I can hear them laughing. I just <BR>> can't see them or reach them.<BR>> <BR>> Shudder,<BR>> Ron N<BR>> <BR>></FONT></STRONG></BODY></HTML>