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2. Action (piano) - Wikipedia

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   The piano action mechanism [1] (also known as the key action mechanism [2] or simply the action) of a piano or other musical keyboard is the mechanical assembly which translates the depression of the keys into rapid motion of a hammer, which creates sound by striking the strings.

3. Pratt-Read - Wikipedia

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   The company began to specialize in manufacturing ivory piano keys in 1839 [4] and eventually piano action mechanisms. The company made its first screwdrivers in 1834 but stopped in 1840, instead selling the handles and blades to smaller companies made at the Pratt, Read and Company Factory Complex .

4. List of piano manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   Company Place Country Years active Acquired by Notes Atlas [1] [2]: Hamamatsu→Liaoning: Japan→China 1943–1986 2004–present. Atlas Piano and Instrument Manufacturing (Dalian) Co. Ltd is a musical instrument manufacturing company that Japan atlas piano manufacturing Co., Ltd. whole moved to China and invested and registered in Dalian Free Trade Zone.

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7. Steinway & Sons - Wikipedia

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   Grand piano models are EGP-155 and EGP-173. Upright piano models are EUP-108, EUP-111, EUP-116, and EUP-123. Like the Boston pianos, Essex pianos incorporate some of the features of Steinway pianos as well: a wider tail design, an all-wood action with Steinway geometry with rosette-shaped hammer flanges, and reinforced hammers with metal fasteners.

8. Innovations in the piano - Wikipedia

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   Since piano actions are built as a single unit, they can be removed or inserted with just a few minutes' work. The Magnetic Balanced Action system, invented by Evert Snel and Hans Velo in the Netherlands, permits variable touch according to the player's preference. The idea of the system is to use the force of magnets, whose position is ...

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