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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good work Will.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But didn't the 1722 Christofori already =
have the
shift pedal (Albeit on a bichord unisson) ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When did pianoforte's start having =
three strings
per unisson (except in bass, of course) ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wwickham@stny.rr.com =
href="mailto:wwickham@stny.rr.com">Will
Wickham</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 16, 2004 =
4:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: una corda/tre =
corda</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi ho again....<BR><BR>found this patent date for the =
invention
of the left pedal on the web site <A
=
href="http://www.uk-piano.org/history/patents.html">www.uk-piano.org/hi=
story/patents.html</A><BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Times><?bigger>July,
25, 1787. HUMPHREY WALTON. (1) Pedal for causing. the grand hammer to =
strike
one, two, or three strings ; the hammers" striking perpendicular =
hammers which
strike the wires.<BR><?/bigger><?/fontfamily><BR>will =
wickham<BR>besting the
snowy day through research<BR><BR>On Mar 16, 2004, at 10:43 AM, Will =
Wickham
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>On Mar 15, 2004, at 11:43 PM, David Love =
wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Since the una corda shifts and hits two strings, why is =
it
called the una<BR>corda rather than the due corda. I assumed that =
this
might have been<BR>because in the early days there were only two =
string
unisons, so that when<BR>the una corda was depressed it did, in =
fact,
strike only one string. If<BR>that were true, then why, when the =
una corda
is released, is the<BR>instruction given as "tre =
corda".<BR><BR>Clear this
one up for me please.<BR><BR><BR>David
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