<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>=?windows-1252?b?Qmz8dGhuZXIgd2l0aCB1bmEgY29yZGE=?=</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=203474301-04042008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>The Japanese pianomaker, Toyo, made a similar system. Worked quite nicely in the sample I saw. Don't know if they are still in business or not. They are not exported to the U.S. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=203474301-04042008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=203474301-04042008><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=203474301-04042008> <P><FONT size=2>Delwin D Fandrich<BR>Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant<BR>620 South Tower Avenue<BR>Centralia, Washington 98531  USA<BR>Phone  360.736-7563<BR><<A href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>> </FONT></P></SPAN></DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John Delacour<BR><B>Sent:</B> April 03, 2008 1:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Blüthner with una corda<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>At 00:33 +0000 3/4/08, John Delacour wrote:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">...It would be easy for makers to fit a proper una corda action to uprights without any extra expense but apart from Blüthner in the old days I know of no other maker that did this for an underdamper action...These actions are very easy to work on and regulate, having the added advantage that the hammers are screwed on at the back, as in an overdamper action, so they are easy to remove without touching the levers.</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I remembered this morning that I recently took some pictures of one of these at a colleague's shop:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV align=center><IMG src="cid:203474301@04042008-1C36"></DIV> <DIV align=center><BR></DIV> <DIV align=center><IMG src="cid:203474301@04042008-1C3D"></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>