[CAUT] Brodmann pianos

[Fred Sturm]

Thanks, Jim. I understand that Brodmann began as a Bosendorfer  
project, similar to Steinway's Boston and Essex, but was axed when  
ownership changed (bought by the Austrian banking investment house or  
whatever that preceded the sale to Yamaha). So the folks who had been  
involved decided to go ahead on their own. I was told the models were  
"exact copies" of various existing pianos, including Steinway K  
upright and some Schimmel, 132 or so. Whatever, thought I <G>.
	At any rate, they seem relatively impressive for Chinese product, at  
the least a step above Nordiska. Decent materials, well put together,  
and a design and execution that creates a musically acceptable sound  
and response. We'll see how my fellow evaluators rate them.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Apr 25, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Jim Busby wrote:

> Fred,
>
> After 3 years they still seem good. The owner of the company visited  
> us here at BYU and talked through the design with me. Nothing  
> spectacular, but solid, nonetheless. He looked at some of my bridge  
> modifications. He thinks the backscale idea (Del and Ron) of having  
> better bridge placement/more backscale length was nonsense. At that  
> point we stopped talking much...
>
> He says the design was like Steinway. No way. The scale is way  
> different. He headed up Bosendorfer for several years before  
> starting Brodmann.
>
> Anyway, that's my experience with them. "Ok" after 3 years.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf  
> Of Fred Sturm
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:54 AM
> To: caut University Technicians
> Subject: [CAUT] Brodmann pianos
>
> Hi all,
>        For this year's piano purchase, we had some Brodmann pianos  
> bid for
> the first time (just came to Albuquerque). It's an Austrian firm that
> built a factory in China (a business model similar to Perzina, that
> did the same). The pianos seem pretty decent at first blush. Anyone
> have experience long term?
>        Actually, we had some Perzinas bid as well, so comments on  
> long term
> experience with them would be welcome as well.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
>
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