[CAUT] Hornung and Moller?

[Fred Sturm]

About the sostenuto, depends on the pianist. I use it probably more than
most, but for specific music, and I play mostly 20th century music. If your
repertoire is mostly pre-20th century, you won¹t miss it.
Fred
On 8/24/07 6:01 PM, "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu> wrote:

> Thanks Fred,
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> My serial #s are 54026 and 54190. May have been towards their final hurrah.
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> Fred, as a pianist, is a two pedal piano pretty much undesirable?
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> Thanks.
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> Jim
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> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred
> Sturm
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 5:47 PM
> To: caut
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hornung and Moller?
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> The 1984 Musician¹s Piano Atlas (an English near equivalent of Pierce) lists
> them up to 1972, at which point the serial # was 54401. Founded around 1840,
> Copenhagen. A typical size European maker, looks like they never made as many
> as 1000 in a year. One assumes they folded after 1972.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
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> On 8/24/07 2:29 PM, "David M. Porritt" <dporritt at smu.edu> wrote:
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> Jim:
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> They¹re Danish.  I¹ve tuned two in this area and they were ok.  One was a
> newer low price spinet, the other was a considerably older grand that in its
> day was probably pretty nice.  I have no idea what the company is doing now or
> even if they still exist.  Maybe some of our European colleagues can tell us.
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> dave
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
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> dporritt at smu.edu
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> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Busby
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:06 PM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: [CAUT] Hornung and Moller?
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> List,
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> We have two 7 foot ³Hornung and Moller² grands we need to sell and I really
> don¹t know much about the name. These are 1971 grands with two pedals. They
> have Renner actions. When tuned/voiced/regulated they actually sound pretty
> good.
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> I googled the name and didn¹t bring up anything.
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> Any info you could share? Suggestions?
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> Thanks.
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> Jim Busby BYU
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