Faziolis are fine instruments. They don't sound like Steinways. That isn't necessarily bad. Steinways do have a structural deficit in the soundboard ribbing that will become prominent within 5 to 10 years depending on how well the climate is maintained around the instrument. The problem is generally referred to as the "Killer Octave", "The Money Octave" etc. and is characterized by soundboard collapse with little to negative bearing at the bridge and little to no sustain within the area affected. When a Steinway sounds like a tuned brick in octaves 5 & 6, you are looking at a prime example of the problem. Some get worse then others. Climate control has forestalled that on an S&S D I service. I notice it developing but the customers are still pleased with it. I liked Faziolis at NAMM but they were too expensive for me to consider. That Steinway is marked up a bit more then the Fazioli if they are priced similarly. YMMV Andrew Anderson On Jun 18, 2009, at 1:42 PM, danny boddin wrote: > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: danny boddin [mailto:danny.boddin at pandora.be] > Verzonden: woensdag 17 juni 2009 20:27 > Aan: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org > Onderwerp: Fazioli > > Hi list, > Custommer wants to buy a new grand piano Steinway B. The Italian > Fazioli 2.12 cm is the same size and around the same price. > Would like to hear if anybody has some experience with this model or > with Fazioli in general? Can we compare this beauties ? > What could be the advantages of aquiering a Fazioli versus Steinway? > Thanks for your comments, > Danny > Belgium > www.boddinpianoservice.be > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090618/d42e96d6/attachment-0001.htm>
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