Heintzman transposing upright

gordon stelter lclgcnp at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 19 13:20:55 MST 2006


I heard he played only in F#
 Thump
--- Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Actually, Irving Berlin only played in the key of D
> flat, but it's true that he used a transposing piano
> in order to play in other keys.
>    
>   Tom Sivak
>   Chicago
> 
> Ruth Phillips <info at alliedpiano.com> wrote:
>         st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }      
>          There is also one in the Jack Wyatt Museum
> at PTG’s home office, Kansas 
>   City KS.  One of many wonders Jack has assembled
> for the piano technicians.  
>   It transposes up to a full octave!  One story is
> Irving Berlin used one as he 
>   only played in the key of C.  
>   You’ll be hearing more about the museum in the
> next few months.
>   Ruth Phillips
>    
>   >From: "R.Moffatt & Sons Piano" moffatt5 at telus.net
>   >Yes.  Cantos Music Museum in Calgary.
>    
>   >www.Cantos.ca
>    
>   >Bob
>    
>   >R.Moffatt & Sons
>   >Calgary, Alberta ,  Canada T3E 5G4
>    
>    
>   >From: "Jim" <jim at pianoguy.com>
>    
>   | I have a Transposing Heintzman !!!
>   | I've only seen 1 other one in 25 years of tuning
> . . .
>   | Do any of you, or your customers have any ??
>   |
>   | Jim Kinnear
>   | Collingwood, Ca
>   |
>   |
>   | 
>   >| From: "John Ross".
>   | > I have seen a transposing upright piano that
> they made, some also had
>   | > sustenuto.
>    
> 
> 
> 



 
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