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<DIV>Hello Rob.</DIV>
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<DIV> This piano is a " Melodigrand " 64 note build by
the</DIV>
<DIV>Winter Co. at 2718 Pershing Ave, in Memphis Tenn.
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<DIV>Down thru time they named it many things. One was</DIV>
<DIV>" Melodipro".</DIV>
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<DIV> It has19 bass wraped wires all single 6
wraped </DIV>
<DIV>bi-cords in center section the rest slick bi-cords. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Before there was a " Hepinstal l" we would install
three </DIV>
<DIV>Bass fiddle contact mikes for the traveling bands
and </DIV>
<DIV>a-way they would go. They would plug into a Bass Amp.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> It was the best "64" on the market. Then or
now. </DIV>
<DIV>A poor second is the " Pinafore " by Gulbransen. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Hope this helps,</DIV>
<DIV>Jack Wyatt</DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 4/22/2011 11:27:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
rrg@unlv.nevada.edu writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I tuned something very unexpected today. A
"Hepinstall Roadmas</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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face=Calibri><FONT face=Calibri><FONT face=Calibri>ter" 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
href="http://squeezyboy.blogs.com/squeezytunes/2006/09/helpinstall_pia.html">http://squeezyboy.blogs.com/squeezytunes/2006/09/helpinstall_pia.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><A
title=http://www.vintagekeysandpercussion.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=91
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>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><A
title=http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?1443918-What-kind-of-keyboard-is-this
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,
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