Forgot to mention that I had a narrow keyboard made for an Ivers & Pond upright a few years back. The client wanted to play tenths for Stride piano. Frank Von Volkenburg made it. It took a while to figure out how to switch keyboards in and out easily. Out was no problem but sliding in was becasue the capstans would jam against the sticker cloth1. Finally found you could shoe horn the keyboard in by temporarily laying a piece of sheet metal across the tops of the capstans, allowing them to slip under the stickers. The piano was in the shop for a while and I would ask people to try it out without warning them as to the change. They would always freek because everything came out wrong until they realized what was going on. Then they would have to look at the keys and make the adjustment. One day a blind piano player came by and he sat down and played ragtime as if nothing was different. Then he turned his head slightly towards me and said, while playing, "Yah...I know what ya did... David Stanwood
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