Originally Posted By: travlin'easy
Funny, when Diki mentioned the tinny sound of a piano I instantly recalled when I was about 12 years old and placed thumb tacks in the hammers of the piano we had at home so it would sound somewhat like a Nickelodeon Piano. Wow, was my father pissed!

Cheers,

Gary cool

That's funny, Gary. I remember years ago playing a small Kemble upright that had three pedals on it. The third pedal operated a wooden rod with small metal tags on felt strips attached. On pressing the pedal, the metal tags would position just above the strings in the path of the hammers, so giving that honky-tonk, jangling sound.