[CAUT] 9' Estonia

[Ken, Zahringer]

Avery,

I don't have any direct experience with Estonia pianos, but a few months ago
a piano teacher client of mine showed me an article in one of her magazines
(I don't know which one) and they waxed poetic about them.  Apparently they
have some ardent fans.  They have been around for nearly a hundred years.

Ken Z.
-- 
Ken Zahringer, RPT
Piano Technician
University of Missouri School of Music
297 Fine Arts Bldg
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-1202
cell 573-489-7529



On 11/19/04 12:14 PM, "Avery Todd" <atodd@uh.edu> wrote:

> List,
> 
> A good customer of mine, the Minister of Music at a fairly large Baptist
> Church,
> just called me asking about a concert grand. He's going to look at a new
> Estonia
> and wanted to know if I knew anything about it. I don't. Do any of you? At the
> moment they only have a definite $50,000.00 to work with and a
> "possibility" of
> another $20,000.00 from a 3rd donor. The Estonia was offered to him for
> $37,000.00 but he's interested in any information about the longevity, etc.
> of it.
> 
> The same dealer has also offered to fly in a 9' Bösendorfer and has offered it
> for $70,000.00 because he's getting ready to open a new store in the area
> where
> the church is and would like to have one of his instruments there.
> 
> The auditorium is being built now, will seat app. 2,000, a good portion of
> which
> will be a wrap-around type balcony. Choir loft for 150, small orchestra
> pit, etc.
> (It's in a fairly high income area.) :-) They've already started planning a
> concert
> series after the building opens, so he really wants a top notch piano.
> 
> The two mentioned above are not the only two choices, of course. I just
> wanted to
> get input from anyone who's had any experience with the Estonia.
> 
> Also any comparisons between it and the Bösendorfer would be welcome.
> 
> Thanks for any info anyone can give me. Privately if you'd rather not post
> your
> comments on the list would also be OK.
> 
> Regards,
> Avery 
> 
> 
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