Piano with attached pedal keyboard...

[giovannimusica]

Hello MIMFers,

Here's an interesting instrument:

http://www.borgato.it/gallery/original/0500.jpg

If my memory serves me, Franz Liszt had a two keyboard piano with attached pedal keyboard and supposedly a third manual keyboard which controlled a harmonium.

Cheers,

Giovanni :tiphat:

 

[Gareth]

Wow... Geo, never seen anything like it before, let alone hear it. But then again, I just realised since it is on an organ as well, why wouldn't they put it on a piano??

 

[giovannimusica]

Hi Gareth,

If my memory seves me, a Canadian firm called *Syncordia* made a pedal keyboard which you could have installed on an upright piano so you could practice organ music with pedal notes on the piano. I don't know if the company still exists or if they have discontinued production of the device.

Cheers,

Giovanni :tiphat:

 

[Gareth]

Hmmm would be good for a beginner organist I suppose. I could stick it on my upright. A very interesting instrument it is for sure!

 

[giovannimusica]

Here's an upright piano with a pedal keyboard:

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/7800/7867/pedal_piano_7867.htm