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Four-system Vorsetzer
By Megumi Imai

The "Four-system Vorsetzer" I saw in Tokyo may be the same thing that Tom Steuer got at the auction, instead of the another "Four-system Vorsetzer", I think.

Tom Steuer wrote:
> The Tushinsky piano roll collection and most of the instruments,
> including my four-system Vorsetzer, were sold at auction about six weeks
> ago in Los Angeles. This includes the Boesendorfer Imperial Grand with
> the extra notes and the four-system Vorsetzer that I purchased.

I think the former owner of Tushinsky's collection (including the Boesendorfer Imperial Grand and about two-thousand rolls) was Mr. Tsumura, president of a Japanese pharmacy. He purchased them in 1988 or 1989 at Los Angeles, and he brought them to Tokyo.

I can't remember the detail of it's mechanism, but there is a picture of it. (It is not clear.) I'll send you it with this letter. The serial number of the Boesendorfer Imperial Grand was #9319.

Sorry, I can't write English very fast, so I quit writing for now. I'll write again later.

Good bye.

Megumi Imai
cresc@alles.or.jp
http://www.alles.or.jp/~cresc (I'm sorry but Japanese site only, now.)
Kobe, Japan

[ Thank you, Megumi. I sent the jpeg image to Tom Steur. I hope he
[ will tell us if the photo shows a Vorsetzer which he owns ! -- Robbie

(Message sent Tue 1 Apr 1997, 18:08:10 GMT, from time zone GMT+0900.)

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