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Duo-Art Fan-Accordion System
By Bruce Grimes

One note regarding the bit of the recording from my Steinway
on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b486I4xbbQ
Attachment thumbnail The piano playing is a 1910 Steinway "B" which we lengthened and inlayed over 40 years ago. We built it to be a pedal electric. The long keyboard was built by David Snyder of Robesonia, Pennsylvania. Our Steinway "D" had been shortened by a pastor but his technician was not up to the task -- it's just not nice to take a hand saw to a Steinway! The result was a botch-up that allowed us poetic license to re-lengthen and install a long-play top action Duo-Art system. David Snyder, Snyder's Piano Service, installed a long-play top action, the fan system expression unit, and a foot-pedal system. You just can't have strings that long and not be able to pedal rolls on it! We also re-veneered it; see "Projects" at David's web site, http://snyderspianoservice.com/ To my knowledge, these are the only two pianos lengthened since the factory closed down. If you can do the player work, David can work miracles with your piano. His e-mail address is snyder.dave1@comcast.net.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]. [from Tockhwock, sending as] Bruce Grimes

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