Richard wrote: > Now HERE is a piano I would just love to hear the re-scalers / > re-designers comments on. These have to be the deadest sounding > instruments I've ever run into. And not just the bass either. Indeed. The tone (or rather, lack thereof) was more-or-less even across the scale. And overly mellow and dead as a doornail. I guessed there was something wrong with just this one. Interesting to hear that is common among them. Actually though, it might be better if Kimballs and the like were quiet like the Zimmerman. > Eastern Germany piano, still made I believe and there are a few clones > I've heard of with similar sound characteristics. They actually held > tuning well enough, tho they were plagued with lots of false beats of > various sorts which took on a particular acoustical flavour when the > overall deadish sound was mixed in. Indeed. Funky string noise throughout the scale. I don't think I was able to tune even one clean unison. I was relieved when the lady said "oh, and it sounds so good now" - I just smiled and said "thank you" when she handed me the check...... (it sounded like crap). > Not my favorite piano by any > means... but reasonably popular with the buying public. > > Cheers > RicB > > > Terry writes: > > I tuned a 1980 Zimmerman microgrand today - my first one. Kind of a = > dead less-than-stellar piano. Is Zimmerman kinda like the Kimball of = > Germany? > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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