[pianotech] Steinert Grand

[Pianoman]

Hi Israel,
That may be the reason.  The ones I have tuned were reasonable pianos so I 
have no problems with them.  Just tuned a 100 year old Steinway 54" upright. 
The only parts new on it were replacement bridle straps.  It was very sound 
and tuning pins tight and no action wobble.  They made them like brick 
buildings back then.
James
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Israel Stein" <custos3 at comcast.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 3:45 PM
Subject: [pianotech] Steinert Grand


> >Tuesday, July 7, 2009 5:02:25 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific James Grebe 
> >wrote:
>
>>In my experience the model S is the least successful in sales of all the
>>pianos I tune. Very, very few S's around St. Louis, the majority being M's
>>and L's. I have not had particular issues with the S.
>>James
>>James Grebe
>
> James,
>
> As far as I know, Steinway designed and produced the Model S rather 
> reluctantly, and does not really "push" it. They never geared up for 
> producing a lot of them (only one rim press at the factory in New York) - 
> and you won't find too many in dealers' showrooms either. I was once told 
> that company policy has been to produce as few as they can get away with - 
> and push people to the M and L (now O) models. Let's face it, it isn't 
> easy to get good sound out of a 5 foot piano no matter how well built or 
> designed, and Steinway did not want too many of them out there for that 
> reason... At least that's the scoop I got thorough Bill Garlick when he 
> was the Technical Services guy at Steinway (seems like so long ago...)
>
> Israel Stein
>