<!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 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Only one quick view of the action... it looks like the upper keybed flips up to allow action removal, and is attached under the stretcher somehow (I'll bet there's no fallboard!).  The upper manual must push down on the keys right behind the keytops, right?  It sure must have a high downweight at that point, plus the mechanism to play an octave higher.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>With just one set of hammers, you'd have to work around the problem of playing the same note at the same time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 15, 2007 6:56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Steinway double-keyboard piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Neat. Great video. Enjoy!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Christopher Taylor explores the potential of Steinway's one and only double-keyboard piano, newly refurbished at the Steinway factory.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana><A href="http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?fr_story=51447a22df4808817b10c4ec7f31af913673f701">http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?fr_story=51447a22df4808817b10c4ec7f31af913673f701</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Terry Farrell<BR>Farrell Piano</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com">www.farrellpiano.com</A><BR><A href="mailto:terry@farrellpiano.com">terry@farrellpiano.com</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>