On woensdag, okt 22, 2003, at 22:39 Europe/Amsterdam, Richard Brekne wrote: > Just as an afterthought... > > The piano we heard was just about the size of a Steinway B.... and > personally I thought it compared very well to most of the B's I've > heard. The Steingręber 168 that we had a chance to play and check out > is > roughly the size of a Steinway M. The M is not my favourite small grand > personally and I did enjoy the Steingręber for what this size usually > has to offer. The M is not my favorite either. Luckily I don't see very many of those. My thoughts about Steingraeber grands is that they remind me of a combination of several makers : There is a bit of Seiler, Feurich, Pfeiffer, Schimmel, Steinway (the treble) and old Schiedmayer. And very maybe some Bechstein taste too. A very German instrument. I think that indeed Udo Steingraeber/Schmidt is successful in making smaller grands and.....they use WURZEN, which makes all the difference. André Oorebeek
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