[pianotech] More Wierd - Must be the full moon<G>

[Tom Driscoll]

On 9/29/2012 8:26 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
> On 9/29/2012 7:10 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:
>
>>   2. I've seen this in many POS/PSO pianos: "Scaled by Charles Frederich
>> Stein". And, looking farther, I find: "High Impact Action designed for
>> Lowry by Charles Frederich Stein". Hmmm? The question is this: Was 
>> Charles
>> Frederich Stein ever associated with any good piano companies? Most, 
>> that
>> I've seen, are mediocre at best. Just kind of wondering about how he 
>> became
>> a "notable" designer and who he really was. Anyone know?
>
> No, but I asked this very question ten years or more back, with a 
> "soundboard by Rounds and Porter" rider. "Mr Junk" is an unfortunate 
> but defensibly accurate epitaph. I can only hope he was doing it to 
> eat, as a desperation situation, rather than being of the opinion that 
> he had arrived and was doing high quality work. Sorry Charlie, I'd 
> have wished you better.
> Ron N
>
I always wondered if old Charles was like Betty Crocker --- an invention 
of  the marketing dept .
  Tom D.