This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I believe the Hamburg has many more hours in production than the= NY? 700 to 150? If this is true I don't think it's because= the Germans are slow...;-] David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Jim Busby <jim_busby@byu.edu> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Received: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:16:13 -0700 Subject: RE: RE : [Experts] Steinway New York vs Hamburg Hi Ric, Eric Schandall did a little informal =93blind=94 testing and his take= on it was (of course) they tended to choose NY until they were= shown which was the NY and which was the Hamburg, then the= Hamburg seemed somehow =93better=94 and they frequently changed= their mind. He was curious and slightly amused at the fickle= nature of people. His conclusion was that the =93mental=94 part of= selection is not to be overrated, and that the Hamburg has some= =93exotic=94 appeal. Who knows? The past article in the NY Times on this very topic is quite= good, but I can=92t remember what issue. Two months ago?? Jim Busby -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On= Behalf Of Richard Brekne Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 5:58 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: RE : [Experts] Steinway New York vs Hamburg Serge Harel wrote: Hi For me the best concert piano is a recent NY S&S but with a= complete Hamburg action, heavy weight Hamburg hammer head and a Stanwood= PTD. This set-up gives the better of two worlds and makes glorious= sound... Serge Harel That would be interesting to hear and play actually. Where are= the hammers from exactly... Hamburg factory directs or bought= privately in Europe ? and what is the SW curve and ratio ? For= that matter... how did you get a whole complete Hamburg action= for a New York instrument. Fortell ! :) Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib..no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/a0/8d/a6/1f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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