[pianotech] Portable gig piano

[Paul T Williams]

how about one of these: I saw this by Pike Place Market in Seattle over 
spring break.

Paul





From:
Arlie Rauch <adarpub at midrivers.com>
To:
pianotech at ptg.org
Date:
04/23/2011 01:17 PM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] Portable gig piano



I saw one of those in the recent past.  Can't exactly remember whether I 
tuned it or not.  It is everything you say.  And I can't believe that it 
could serve the purpose for which it was supposedly designed.  At best it 
would have to be tuned at every new location.

Arlie Rauch
Glendive, MT

> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:27:14 -0700
> From: "Rob & Helen Goodale" <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Subject: [pianotech] Portable gig piano
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> 
> ?I tuned something very unexpected today.  A "Hepinstall Roadmaster" 
portable piano.  I had never seen one of these things before although I 
heard rumors of such an animal.  It is literally an acoustic piano for 
road gigs that folds up into it's own case.  Awkward to say the least, 
terrible to say the most.  With 5-1/2 octaves it has a spinet action with 
a very bizarre arrangement for the keyboard to fold up.  There are only 
single strings in the bass and two in the treble.  The scaling was 
horrible, there was no way to get a clean temperament out of it.  Every 
string had it's own wild false beat.  This was an "emergency" call for a 
band that was playing at a local club.  I don't think it sounded much 
better when I left but at least it was at 440.  The scary part of this is 
that apparently the company also made a fold-up portable grand too.
> 
> The following links will take you to some pictures of this animal.
> http://squeezyboy.blogs.com/squeezytunes/2006/09/helpinstall_pia.html
> 
http://www.vintagekeysandpercussion.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=91

> 
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?1443918-What-kind-of-keyboard-is-this

> 
> 
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV


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