[CAUT] New Upright Pianos

[Barbara Richmond]

Upwrong...te he he (I'm always a good audience).

Maybe UR stood for Upright.  I looked at the Steinway website and only saw 
the 1098 and the Hamburg model listed.  Do I remember correctly that 
Steinway quit using that extra ridge in the plate that made tuning so 
much...um...fun?

A question for those of you in the know, are Steinway upright models as, er, 
"individualized" or ready for as much "customization" as the grands?  Just 
curious.

Any problems with U3s?   I wouldn't expect anything more that easing keys or 
adjusting springs in case of hammer bobble.

Barbara Richmond, RPT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Porritt" <dporritt at smu.edu>
To: "'College and University Technicians'" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Upright Pianos


> Barbara:
>
> The last I knew Steinway only had three upwrong models the 1098, the K and
> in Hamburg the V.  I've been told that the V is a nice piano but I've 
> never
> seen one.  The other two, not so much!  They might indeed last longer
> particularly if no one played them because they sound bad but I think it 
> was
> Ron N. who made the comment that this was like being sure you'd live to 
> 120
> if all you ate was rice cakes.
>
> If you read between-the-lines well you might detect that I'm not a big fan
> of Steinway vertical pianos.  Go for the U3.
>
> dp
>
> ____________________
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
> Barbara Richmond
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:31 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] New Upright Pianos
>
> Greetings all:
>
> While we're on the subject, a friend asked me to compare Yamaha U-3s with
> Steinway URs.  Uh, I don't even know what a Steinway UR is, just that I
> usually try to avoid Steinway uprights in general (but maybe they've
> improved lately!).  The argument against the Yamahas (given by the 
> Steinway
> dealer) is the Steinways will last a lot longer.   These pianos would be
> used in a university, but I'm not sure if they are for practice rooms or
> studios.  Anyway, I think it's hard to beat Yamaha in consistency and I
> wonder (and what I would be concerned about is) what the condition the
> Steinway hammers are in regarding lacquering--and then there are those
> center pin bushings...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois
>
>