Terry, I tuned one of these two years ago, a 1924 Marshall & Wendell cutdown upright. My guess is that someone came up with and used the name to try to gain a marketing edge over competitors. We still have a number of cutdowns in this area done by various people. Some of them are still pretty good for their age, while others are developing serious problems such as defects in the pinblock. Ever have a piano equipped with "Practiano" or something like that? A fancy name for the muffler bar, as near as I can tell. Chalk it up to human ingenuity. Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA, USA Farrell wrote: > Got a good laugh today. Maybe our Canadian friends can help me out here. > Tuned, etc. a 1918 Starr upright today. Top cut down. Mirror added. Starr > name not on fallboard, but rather "MirrApiano".
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