Stephen Birkett wrote: > Nanette Streicher, who made the 1814 piano I mentioned that > started off this soundboard discussion, was a "gal". She learned piano > building at an early age from her father J.A. Stein...by seven she was > regulating actions in her father's pianos. Following the social norms of > the time, her husband created a facade that he was the business, but > Nanette was the one in the overalls who signed her name upside down on > every bellyrail. Interesting story (not the first time for me--I read about it somewhere). But what was never clear to me was whether or not Papa Stein helped Nan by holding the piano upside-down? Or did she suspend herself from the shop ceiling? Or....shucks...well, never mind. :-} Ron Torrella, RPT Assistant Piano Technician University of Michigan School of Music
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