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How does it handle the breaks? Seems hammer alignment would be a bit of a
problem.<br><br>
Greg Newell<br><br>
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At 01:33 AM 8/24/2002, you wrote:<br>
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message dated 8/23/02 4:36:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes: <br><br>
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I have a customer with an Ibach Transposing Piano. I haven't seen
it yet. What is it and basically, how does it work. <br>
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I think I know this piano. Is it an ebony 6 foot 7 grand that was
purchased from Peninsula Piano Brokers in Palo Alto, CA? If so,
there is a lever that is just below the front left side of the
keyboard. You push down on the lever--it has a spring action that
pushes it back up--and slide it left or right however many notches you
choose, depending on how far you want to transpose. The entire
action slides with it, placing it under the appropriate strings. I
think the total range of transposition is an octave.
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Paul Bailey once put a historical temperament of some sort on this piano
or one like it. Kind of an interesting experiment. Don't know
quite what it proved, but it made for a bit of conversation. <br><br>
Dave Stahl</font><font face="arial"> </blockquote>
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Greg Newell<br>
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