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	MSN Encarta - Accordion
		The most familiar type of accordion, the piano accordion, is a double-action accordion.
		Accordion, a hand-held musical instrument consisting of a bellows attached to two oblong frames, on which buttons and, in some types, pianolike keys are mounted.
		The piano accordion has a row of pianolike keys instead of buttons on the right-hand side.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579072/Accordion.html (349 words)

	Courtney Pianos: Types of Grand Piano
		Grand pianos much less than 5ft long suffer from loss of tone quality due to short strings, though a small grand made by one of the better-known makers can be a worthy instrument, if it is built with a `roller' action.
		Actions in grand pianos are nearly always defined as `Roller' (the most sophisticated and responsive type of action), though baby grands often have `Simplex' (spring and loop), as they are more compact - and invariably inferior.
		The manner in which grand pianos are constructed is, in principle, the same as an upright, but the size (length) varies considerably.
	www.courtneypianos.co.uk /grand-types.html (454 words)

	AcoustiCraft - Grand Piano Restoration and Rebuilding
		A comprehensive piano restoration facility was added in 1977 by Master Craftsman Christopher Robinson who has achieved international recognition for his work in all areas of piano remanufacture and action design.
		The name AcoustiCraft arose as a result of special acoustical research initiated by Chris in the late 1970s to help piano technicians better understand the complex relationships involving piano design, construction, action geometry, and the touch and sound of the instrument.
		The musician looking to buy a rebuilt piano or contract for a piano rebuilding must therefore take care that the exact nature of the work to be performed is specified and includes a catalogue of the parts to be replaced or retained.
	www.acousticraft.com (265 words)

	Piano Lessons - PIANO OR KEYBOARD?
		I will encourage them to be working on real piano action at a certain stage of their piano development but in the meantime the key is just to get them in a regular routine.
		The action and feel of the inexpensive electric pianos is not a concern in the beginning stages of learning.
		Personally in my home my kids have available to them two acoustic pianos (a spinet and a concert grand) and they choose the electric piano to practice on.
	www.pianoforkids.com /PianoForKids/piano.htm (501 words)

	Piano Services Australia - 27 Point Report
		When a piano leaves the factory, each of it’s action parts are adjusted to a tolerance of a fraction of a millimeter.
		Electric pianos offer an alternative to the traditional acoustic piano, with attention now being given to key weight, action feel, as well as tonal qualities.
		A good piano that is well maintained, is a wonderful investment not only for its dollar value, but for the years of enjoyment which can be derived from its use.
	www.pianoservicesaustralia.com /27points.html (1149 words)

	Yamaha YDP223 Digital Piano Digital Pianos
		Graded Hammer Action emulates the action of a grand piano - heavier in the bass and lighter in the treble areas of the keyboard (on a grand piano, the hammers get thicker as you move from treble to bass).
		I always knew it was a wonderful piano for a digital piano, but now that I've been messing around with it, it's just spectacular.
		I have played acoustic pianos, and while this is no acoustic piano, for half the price it comes closer to the sound than anything I've heard.
	www.music123.com /Yamaha-YDP223-Digital-Piano-i74157.music (1179 words)

	64. Piano Wire- Replacement of a broken one
		Be sure the piano is dismantled, as in Chapter Five, to the point where the action is out of the piano.
		If you have an upright, dismantle the piano, if you haven't done so as yet, up to the point where the action is out of the piano.
		AFTER you have fished the wires through the holes with one hand (you are holding the wires tight with the other hand), using your needle nosed pliers in your third hand, make a one eight inch "L" in the end of each wire.
	www.stevespianoservice.com /64-wrrep.htm (2248 words)

	Baldwin Vertical Pianos
		Model 100 is a 73-note true acoustic piano with all the features of a full-size piano, including a full-size action.
		Baldwin Piano demonstrates the future of piano design with a unique custom model inspired by the King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley.
		Ellington verticals (uprights) offer quality musical performance with many of the same features you would expect to find in higher-priced models, including a laminated spruce soundboard and hard rock maple bridge and action parts, as well as a 10/10 warranty (10 years parts and 10 years labor).
	www.baldwinpiano.com /product/verticals.html (2248 words)

	HomeCollectionsCollection of Ancient Musical InstrumentsKeyboard instrumentsTangent-action Piano
		One of the solutions was the so-called tangent-action pianoforte in which the tangent, a narrow wooden stick, was struck against the string.
		Later the pianoforte, in which leathered hammers struck the strings, achieving greater volume of sound, displaced the tangent-action piano.
		During the second half of the 18th century instrument-makers tried to overcome the lack of dynamic shading of the harpsichord.
	www.khm.at /staticE/page210.html (78 words)

	67. Maintaining player pianos
		BUT, be sure to leave the regular piano pedals and the rods that run from the pedals to the sides of the box and up to the action.
		If, after you have stripped out the player piano, all you have left are is wires, you are in serious trouble.
		Another option is to trash all of the player works, and use the piano as a regular piano only.
	www.stevespianoservice.com /67-plyer.htm (550 words)

	Digital Pianos - zZounds.com
		Graded Hammer action means that the keyboard emulates the action of a grand piano — heavier in the bass and lighter in the treble areas of the keyboard (on a grand piano, the hammers get thicker as you move from treble to bass).
		Casio's newest Celviano is an 'ensemble' digital piano with a large library of built-in songs, tones, and rhythms - plus a microphone input for a great sing-along feature including a large LCD for lyrics.
		The SP-300 Digital Piano is the perfect answer for any pianist looking for rich piano sounds and the convenience of a lightweight, portable instrument.
	www.zzounds.com /cat--Digital-Pianos--2690 (1182 words)

	Alpha Entek, Rhodes Piano Restoration
		It is quite unlike the Rhodes piano in action and timbre.
		It has a fully featured single escapement action, similiar to an early grand piano's.
		It is possible to buy Wurlitzer pianos that have been looked after and in reasonable condition.
	www.alphaentek.com /wurly.htm (982 words)

	PLAYER PIANO MECHANISMS, REPRINTS, SERVICE MANUALS, REBUILDING MANUALS, TUBING DIAGRAMS & TECHNICAL LITERATURE
		Also, it was the first player piano to have an all-aluminum stack with rubber gaskets and neoprene valve facings.
		Can be distinguished from other reproducing pianos by the tracker bar: All openings are the same size and have a pair of staggered tracking holes to read the edges of the music roll.
		Specifically made by The Cable Company for the Euphona player action, this color diagram pinpoints all 26 of the adjustments, oiling points, and screws that need to be removed to take out the upper and lower portions of the mechanism.
	www.buysecure.com /playercare/reprints.html (4503 words)

	MusicPlayer Forums: Wanted: Simple electric piano with great sounds!
		Also, the reason for getting a second board is to have both sounds available if wanted, and also I feel that piano action would suffer if I got a keyboard with organ action, and vice-versa.
		I have an ME-1 and I must say that to my ears, the acustic pianos are perfectly good for live use.
		I used to own a Kurzweil MicroPiano - it had a pretty good acoustic piano and a pretty good electric piano.
	www.musicplayer.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=014580;p=1 (564 words)

	Jim Martin - Single Action Specialities Home Page
		All single action work done with genuine parts, no piano wire springs used.
		Resulting actions are smooth but positive and still sound like a gun should, unlike those with piano wire spring.
		Jim Martin - Single Action Specialities Home Page
	pages.prodigy.net /jamesrmartin (564 words)

	Teflon Back Actions
		It still has the original teflon bushed back action.
		Are there any >inate design or performance problems I should be alert for in the back >action?
		This would be the right time to replace it if justified.
	www.ptg.org /pipermail/caut/2002-October/007030.html (121 words)

	Records International Catalogue August 1998
		The trio is a large-scale work of epic scope, and the concerto, a single span lasting nearly a half-hour separated into three sections by cadenzas, is a serious work which plunges the listener into the action from the very first gesture, and through a terse dialogue between soloist and orchestra maintains tension throughout.
		Not everything here is meditative and reposeful; the action is punctuated by episodes of a kind of tribal percussion which add energy to the misty landscape.
		This recital of late Classical piano pieces has been taken direct from Jane Austen's own collection - a delightful idea realized on two pianos (one of which, an 1807 Stodart square piano, is identical to one owned and played by the author herself).
	www.recordsinternational.com /RICatalogAug98.html (121 words)

	Piano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word piano is a shortened form of the word pianoforte, which is seldom used except in formal language and derived from the original Italian name for the instrument, gravicèmbalo col piano e forte (literally harpsichord with soft and loud).
		The rare transposing piano, of which Irving Berlin possessed an example, uses the middle pedal as a clutch which disengages the keyboard from the mechanism, enabling the keyboard to be moved to left or right with a lever.
		Silbermann's pianos were virtually direct copies of Cristofori's, with one important addition: Silbermann invented the forerunner of the modern damper pedal (also known as the sustaining pedal or loud pedal), which lifts all the dampers from the strings at once.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piano (4732 words)

	A History of the Piano, 1157-2005
		The style of the piano is that of Silberman, with a compass of G to G and a length of 239 cm.
		A piano was made by Zumpe in 1766 with the black notes divided into two sections, controlling different strings, to allow for the tuning of sharps as sharps and flats as flats.
		The compass of the del Mela piano runs from C to E and the piano is in the collection of the Museo del Conservatorio in Florence.
	www.uk-piano.org /history/history_1.html (16226 words)

	Craftsmen Piano
		The piano action, consisting of almost 12,000 parts, has to be rebuilt to respond to the most difficult technical musical passages, as well as to the most subtle, quiet, and heart felt passions of the pianist.
		The characteristic rich tone of any world class piano is a result of a dynamic set of variables including the soundboard, bridges, strings, cast iron plate, pin block, tuning pins and general piano structural integrity to name a few.
		The rebuilders skill, gained through experience, is the intangible ingredient that will take those wood and metal piano parts and combine them into an instrument capable of expressing the deepest human emotions.
	www.craftsmenpiano.com (487 words)

	Tangent (tangent piano) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A tangent, when referred to in the context of the action of a tangent piano refers to the small slip of wood similar in shape to a harpsichord jack or similar to an unleathered fortepiano hammer which strikes the string to produce sound.
		In the clavichord, the tangent remains in contact with the string to keep the note sounding, while in the tangent piano, the tangent immediately rebounds from the string so that the string is allowed to vibrate freely (that is, it has an escapement).
		It is similar to the tangent of a clavichord only in the sense that they both are driven ultimately by the player's finger to strike the string to initate sound.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tangent_mechanism (161 words)

	The Virtual Piano
		They extend deep inside the piano and underneath an intricate arrangement of moving parts known as the "action" of the piano.
		Since the shorter strings naturally produce less volume and fullness of tone, the notes toward the treble end of the piano (shorter strings) have three strings for each note, while the strings toward the bass side (longer strings) have only one or two strings for each note.
		As you move from the lower notes on the piano to the higher notes, the strings become shorter and thinner in order to create the higher pitches.
	www.musicplay.com /piano/vrpiano.html (161 words)

	Rhodes piano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The action is similar to that of a conventional piano, but whereas in a conventional piano each key causes felt-covered hammers to strike sets of strings, in a Rhodes piano rubber-tipped hammers strike tuning fork-like constructions to sound the note.
		The Rhodes piano was invented in the 1940s by Harold Rhodes, and its principles are derived from both the celesta and the electric guitar.
		The overall effect was that of a Rhodes piano and an electronic piano being played simultaneously; compared with the new polyphonic synthesizers being marketed at the same time it was far too limited in scope.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhodes_piano (1059 words)

	Rhodes piano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The action is similar to that of a conventional piano, but whereas in a conventional piano each key causes felt-covered hammers to strike sets of strings, in a Rhodes piano rubber-tipped hammers strike tuning fork-like constructions to sound the note.
		The Rhodes piano was invented in the 1940s by Harold Rhodes, and its principles are derived from both the celesta and the electric guitar.
		The final Rhodes electric piano was the short-lived Mk V in 1984, which is thought to be the perfect Rhodes due to portability, and tweaked design that avoids key/hammer bouncing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhodes_piano (1091 words)

	Upright Piano
		The piano uses a 'hanging German' action, which makes it comparatively light to the touch, although this instrument is no longer in a playable condition.
		Sauer primarily made only pyramid and upright grand pianos and this is one of the very few of his instruments to have survived.
		Another approach was represented by the 'bookcase' piano.
	www.ptg.org /museum/upright.htm (1091 words)

	Should I buy a Grand Piano?
		The action of a piano is comprised of many mechanisms that propel a hammer to strike each string.
		Grand pianos are not only a musical instrument but also a piece of furniture.
		In a grand piano, gravity is used to pull the hammer back to resting position instead of a spring.
	www.saiedmusic.com /piano/grand.htm (216 words)

	Piano Care
		Piano players may notice the need for action regulation when the tone is not even from one note to the next, the overall touch is too light or too stiff, individual notes do not respond quickly or damp properly, or keys are sticking.
		Piano owners don't need to know how to tune a piano, but can learn to communicate more intelligently with the tuner if they understand some of what he is doing.
		In addition to having your piano tuned, it is wise to establish an interval with your tuner for periodic cleaning of the interior.
	www.cantos.org /Piano/PianoCare.html (4064 words)

	Fender Rhodes Mark I (1969-1975)
		Major changes were made to the piano action between 1969 and 1971.
		The Rhodes engineers had finally found ways to stabilize the tone and pitch of keys in the extreme registers of the piano, with the lowest bass notes not needing tonebars and the highest notes requiring wood-core hammer tips.
		The Stage Piano was the piano top from the Suitcase model, modified for use with an external guitar or bass amplifier.
	www.fenderrhodes.com /models/mark1a.php (417 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: Musical Instruments
		In fact, the highly complex action of the modern piano may be traced directly to his original conception.
		This example is the oldest of the three extant pianos by Cristofori.
		About 1700 he began to work on an instrument on which the player could achieve changes in loudness solely by changing the force with which the keys were struck.
	www.metmuseum.org /collections/view1.asp?dep=18&full=0&item=89.4.1219 (227 words)

	The Virtual Piano
		They extend deep inside the piano and underneath an intricate arrangement of moving parts known as the "action" of the piano.
		In some pianos, these laminations in the bridge run horizontal, that is parallel to the soundboard while in others they are placed vertically, or perpendicular to the soundboard.
		he Duplex Bar is the metal strip found on some Grand Pianos, behind the bridge that enables tuning of the rear portion of the string to match that of the main section of the string.
	www.musicplay.com /piano/vrpiano.html (1443 words)

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