Hi folks! Nick B wrote:

>Sorry to talk about the most evil of modern harpsichords,  but i 
need  
>a lil help..
>
It's not you know!  That title must surely go to Sabathil. A truly 
dreadful instrument where the keys are returned by chunks of foam 
rubber instead of lead weights - and that ain't all its problems 
either! (Not quite true - I once saw a later one without the foam 
rubber!)

As to losing the Landowska inscription, surely that would be 
inevitable if the instrument were to be refinished in a different 
color? One would think that it would have to be returned to its 
original mahogany for the inscription to be correct.

I have no idea whether Pleyel is still extant, but if they are, there 
might well be some left-over decals.

Question: what were the pedal upgrades? I know that earlier Pleyels 
had reverse pedals: you depressed the pedal to turn the stop OFF! 
Later ones were like other instruments.  Was this one altered to the 
later arrangement?

Best!

Peter Redstone
http://www.ctg.net/redstone