<HTML style="FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046"></HEAD> <BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 name="Compose message area" CanvasTabStop="true"> <DIV> <DIV>Hi, Rob:</DIV> <DIV>    You probably got the one I've been servicing for a couple of years.  If the guy's name was Bryan, it's the same one.  He goes on the road, so maybe he ended up in Vegas.  </DIV> <DIV>    Are we having fun yet?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    Paul McCloud</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rrg@unlv.nevada.edu href="mailto:rrg@unlv.nevada.edu">Rob & Helen Goodale</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> 04/22/2011 9:27:28 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Portable gig piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri><A 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> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri><A 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> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>