Steingraeber factory pictures, bridge agraffes & adjustable vertical hitchpins

[Steve Fujan]

Wow.  This is very interesting.  Thanks Calin, for making this available to
us.

I wonder if anyone displaying in Rochester will have bridge agraffes?  I'd
love
to hear one of these pianos, and discuss the merits with an expert.

Steve Fujan
www.fujanproducts.com




On 4/30/06, Calin Tantareanu <calin.tantareanu at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I have finally managed to upload pictures of my Steingraeber factory visit
> to my website, as I had announced in a previous e-mail.
> Like Richard said, they have indeed just built a concert grand with bridge
> agraffes and adjustable vertical hitchpins (see attached pictures), called
> "Phoenix". It has a very mice rosewood veneer.
> More pictures of it and the piano construction at the Steingraeber factory
> can be seen on my website:
> http://calin.haos.ro/c/instruments/steingraeber/index.htm
>
> When I played the Steingraeber 272 Phoenix, they were still doing the
> final
> voicing and regulation.
> I was very impressed with the sound - it had a big, brilliant tone, with
> no
> weak spots, very undiscernable transition and a really deep, full bass. As
> I
> had assumed, bridge agraffes really improve the higher partials,
> especially
> in the top notes. The sound was very rich and clear, without the
> pronounced
> decay in high partials that most pianos have.
> The voicer told me that because of the bridge agraffes, he had to soften
> the
> hammers much more than for their other pianos with conventional bridge
> pins.
>
> This piano also has vertical hitch pins which are threaded and can be
> turned
> in and out for fine downbearing adjustment.
>
> By the way, the bridge agraffes are from Stuart in Australia. I don't know
> about the hitch pins though. This is a special order piano, I don't know
> if
> they plan on building more or not.
>
> Another big surprise was their smallest grand piano, the 168. It was an
> extremely good and powerful piano, with an unbelievably deep bass for such
> a
> short piano. Like it's big brother, you couldn't notice abrupt tone
> changes
> across the scale. The action was also very responsive and controllable. It
> is probably the best piano under two meters I have played so far.
>
> I haven't been able to play their mid-sized grand, the 205, because they
> had
> just shipped about 20 grands to America a few days before my visit, and
> had
> none left on stock, except 2-3 which were in final stages of regulation.
>
> Enjoy the pictures!
>
> Calin Tantareanu
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