Sustain in European pianos

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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  From: Richard Brekne=20
  To: College and University Technicians=20
  Sent: December 07, 2002 9:25 AM
  Subject: Re: Sustain in European pianos


  Delwin D Fandrich wrote:=20

      From: Tim Coates
       =20
      Perhaps you would like to revisit Wapin.  Europe seems to be =
looking for something like Wapin.  There have been European rebuilders =
inquiring about Wapin. I don't have much experience with European =
pianos, but I understand they have a very short sustain.
     So, my question (mostly, but not limited) to our European list =
members is -- where has that reputation come from? Was this something =
that was true in the past but is no longer? Is it still true with some =
instruments but not with others? Has something changed recently in the =
overall design and construction of some specific instrument makers which =
has changed things? Or is this reputation generally unwarranted -- more =
US propaganda we can attribute to the =
anti-and-to-hell-with-the-rest-of-the-world leanings of our current =
administration? In other words, what's up, folks? Del
  On the other hand of all this... there were a whole spiel of eastern =
european pianos... DDR and Poland quickly come to mind, that produced a =
bunch of really dead sustain, thuddy pianos.. Zimmerman was a great =
example of that. For that matter, some English makes from some years =
back had similiar qualities. Perhaps thats where the idea got started.=20

Except that I've heard it applied mostly to the high-end European =
pianos. Bluthner, C. Bechstein, Bosendorfer, Grotrian, Seiler, etc. =
Nobody really expected much out of the others anyway.

Del


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