There are just some things you accept! Una Corda sounds so much more "continental" than soft pedal, et. al. Joy! Elwood Doss, Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: una corda/tre corda > Since the una corda shifts and hits two strings, why is it called the una > corda rather than the due corda. I assumed that this might have been > because in the early days there were only two string unisons, so that when > the una corda was depressed it did, in fact, strike only one string. If > that were true, then why, when the una corda is released, is the > instruction given as "tre corda". > > Clear this one up for me please. > > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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