<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <big><big><big><big><big><big>Our family piano was a Haddorff Vertichord. It's a small console with a very fancy case. The bottom board is curved, and there are fancy little platforms to either side of the music desk. The top does not hinge upwards. At first you'll think there's no way into the thing. Look for two tiny screws -- can't quite remember exactly where they are, but lean over and look near the ends of the music desk, up into the platforms. Once they are taken out, the music desk should slide forward, and then you should be able to see how to get off the rest. It is quite possible to tune it, though the lid juts out slightly past the tuning pins. Haddorff in Rockford, Illinois made high quality pianos. My grandfather gave both my mother and my aunt a Haddorff Vertichord in about 1948. They grew up in Rockford. The older Haddorffs are big and beautiful, but I've only seen a couple of them. Have fun -- Susan Kline </big></big></big></big></big></big> Mark Dierauf wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:501C0E2C.5050402@nhpianos.com" type="cite">I recently set up a service call next week for a new client . As part of my regular data collection routine I asked the make of the piano, which she did not know. She said that she'd let me know later, after she'd had a chance to look. She did say that it hadn't been tuned in at least 20 years and that the top key didn't work. Well, she has since reported back that the instrument in question is a Haddorff Vertichord. I don't think I've ever seen one of these, but the Straight-from-the-Marketing-Department name arouses my natural suspicion. Anybody ever seen one? Anything unusual I should be aware of before I perform the expected 100¢ plus pitch-raise? Should I be sorry that I asked? - Mark </blockquote> </body> </html>