<!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 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Had an unusual piano today - 40's vintage console made by Steck called Steck Electron.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It appeared that the company had attempted to desugn pick ups under the strings for amplification. The electronics where there but no speakers and nothing worked.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An early attempt at an electronic piano?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone work on one before.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was very difficult to tune as the pickups where so close to the strings that a mute could not get in there - had to move them back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sound board looked like cheap mahogany -  neglected because of the electronics?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any info.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene Nelson</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>