Steinway S

[Avery]

But how many 1098's do you now have to deal with???????? :-D

Avery Todd
University of Houston

At 02:33 PM 5/31/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Tom,
>
>Well, this university is one of the "All Steinway" schools. I'm sure
>plenty of you probably find that objectionable, but I personally
>found the general feeling around the University as a result to be
>very good. Not snobby, but pleased and enthusiastic.
>
>Apparently they hired Franz Mohr to (among other things) set up the
>model B which is used for performance and also the head piano
>teacher's piano (not sure which model). I did fiddle with the B and
>was surprised just how normal it felt and sounded - I guess I was
>expecting it to be totally unique. It did sound very nice,
>particularly for the hall it is in.
>
>- John
>
>
>>Not annoyed---Just surprised!
>>    A question comes to mind though. --Why would they spend that
>>kind of money on such a small piano? Three Kawai's would make more
>>sense to me ,but hey it wasn't  my money!
>>    Tom Driscoll
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I thought I'd annoy everyone and make a positive comment about a
>>>(gasp!) Steinway that I came across a couple of weeks ago at a
>>>University. It was a model S, probably a year or 2 old.
>>>
>>>I was extremely impressed. It's the only S I've ever come across
>>>so I don't know if it was a good example of that model in general,
>>>but it  was the best sounding piano I've heard in that size by a
>>>long shot.
>>>
>>>- John