New Kemble piano

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

I once, (in my early days) had an "opportunity" to work on a "Kemble". I
thought it must be a "Kimball" that even they were ashamed of.
-----Original Message-----
From: Barrie Heaton <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 11:19 AM
Subject: New Kemble piano


>Hi all
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>You may be interested in this
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>Barrie,
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>                                                  PRESS RELEASE
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>                                    CONRAN DESIGNS QUANTUM PIANO
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>A unique collaboration between Conran and Partners and the UK's
>leading piano maker, Kemble and Company has resulted in the 131cm
>high Quantum piano, a striking blend of design and function.
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>The limited edition Quantum (only 60 will be made) is the ultimate in
>music making excellence for those who demand style and performance
>in equal measure. The instrument has a larger soundboard area than
>many baby grand pianos, this ensures a rich and resonant tone across
>the entire keyboard register and at all volume levels. The Kemble /
>Conran partnership has also resulted in the development of a brand new
>feature, when the piano lid is opened the top door of the Quantum
>automatically opens thereby delivering a volume increase normally only
>associated with grand pianos. The piano also comes with a sostenuto
>pedal as standard.
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>For those of us who can still remember the pain caused by the piano lid
>falling on our fingers the Quantum incorporates a clever function "soft
>open & soft close", a sophisticated mechanism that gently dampens the
>opening and closing of the piano lid.
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>The year 2000 marks the 300th year of piano manufacturing and
>Kemble and company based in Milton Keynes is Western Europe's
>leading piano maker and earned the Queens Award for export in 1992.
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>Joint Managing Director, Brian Kemble MBE commented "The Quantum
>is a perfect example of form and function. It represents the absolute
>state of the art in piano design and manufacture and will also help us
>promote British piano manufacturing and Kemble and Company in
>particular to overseas markets. We have a number of high profile
>customers and have already received calls enquiring about availability"
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>The company, originally based in Stoke Newington London and founded
>by Brian's grandfather now employs 112 People.
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>See the QUANTUM at http://www.uk-piano.org/kemble/
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