---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 9-mrt-04, at 17:52, Richard Brekne wrote: > Hi folks > > I ran into a little novelty today I thought I'd throw out at you.=20 > Instrument was named Steinberg. A smallish baby grand rather trashed..=20= > bad cracking in the soundboard including what apparently was a steep=20= > compression mound along both sides of a rather minor crack, and to=20 > other cracks that looked to be strictly tension cracks. > > Action was in poor condition but playable, and oddly enough the piano=20= > was at 440 and relatively easy to tune... good rendering, good=20 > stability. Sounded really thin tho. > > Two oddities about this piano. The shift pedal shifted the action=20 > (Langer) from right to left instead of the usual left to right. I have=20= > no idea why ... And there were 8 glide bolts, not in the actionframe=20= > but imbedded into the keybed... 4 for the balance rail and 4 under the=20= > backrail. > > Never seen either of these two setups before. The piano was owned by a=20= > rich fellow who had it because of sentimental reasons... very=20 > important to him he said... but not important enough to spend any real=20= > money on. Just wanted it tuned. I have to admit I have some=20 > difficulty relating to that rationale. But then I dont have to=20 > understand everything in this world now do I ? > > Cheers > RicB > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Hi Ric, I remember older Steinberg grands from a long time ago. I must say they made a nice impression on me. remarkable tone. The new Steinberg uprights, introduced a couple of years ago were also=20= surprisingly nice, and for avery good price. by the by, how yous doin' friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek Amsterdam - The Netherlands 0031-20-6237357 0645-492389 0031-75-6226878 www.concertpianoservice.nl www.grandpiano.nl "where music is, no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1886 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fc/8a/90/b6/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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