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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I tuned something very unexpected today. A
"Hepinstall Roadmaster" portable piano. I had never seen one of these
things before although I heard rumors of such an animal. It is literally
an acoustic piano for road gigs that folds up into it's own case. Awkward
to say the least, terrible to say the most. With 5-1/2 octaves it has a
spinet action with a very bizarre arrangement for the keyboard to fold up.
There are only single strings in the bass and two in the treble. The
scaling was horrible, there was no way to get a clean temperament out of
it. Every string had it's own wild false beat. This was an
"emergency" call for a band that was playing at a local club. I don't
think it sounded much better when I left but at least it was at 440. The
scary part of this is that apparently the company also made a fold-up portable
grand too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>The following links will take you to some pictures of
this animal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><A
title="http://squeezyboy.blogs.com/squeezytunes/2006/09/helpinstall_pia.html CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://squeezyboy.blogs.com/squeezytunes/2006/09/helpinstall_pia.html">http://squeezyboy.blogs.com/squeezytunes/2006/09/helpinstall_pia.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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title="http://www.vintagekeysandpercussion.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=91 CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.vintagekeysandpercussion.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=91">http://www.vintagekeysandpercussion.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=91</A></FONT></DIV>
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title="http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?1443918-What-kind-of-keyboard-is-this CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?1443918-What-kind-of-keyboard-is-this">http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?1443918-What-kind-of-keyboard-is-this</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>