<!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 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry for posting a personal note to pianotech by mistake.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An article describing the workings of the double manual appeared in the Journal of March 2006.  I know the article may be a bit difficult to "wade" through.  The picture might be more helpful than the verbage.  You can ask questions and I can try to explain it better, although I haven't seen it for 18 months and my memory might fail me.  The Downweight on the upper manual was (prior to reconditioning) quite high.  I wonder what it is now, too.  The upper manual keyframe is basically screwed onto the lower keyframe.  The whole unit pulls out of the keybed just like normal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the time of the article, the UW--Madison was looking to have the action reconditioned.  Subsequently, Steinway accepted that laborious task.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kit Taylor will be performing with the instrument on Wednesday September 5, 2007 at Ravinia, just North of Chicago.  I believe there are other concerts scheduled as well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark Ultsch</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Madison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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=cy@shusterpiano.com href="mailto:cy@shusterpiano.com">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 15, 2007 9:34 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Steinway double-keyboard piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>