On Apr 25, 2007, at 2:36 PM, Andrew Anderson wrote: > I'll admit to a little tongue in cheek there. I knew, but... > I owned a samick baby grand called Wurlitzer for a couple of > years and hated it. ...this, or some of Samick's older product line is what I expected your experience was. I've got a few of these in my clientele, and I have to admit, I know what reaction I'm going to get when I tell someone these new pianos are built by Samick. My mom has a Howard/ Baldwin/Samick thing, which was the predecessor of the Wurlitzer. She got the first one the Baldwin dealer got in, so that's been a while ago. The 5'8" was a better piano than the smaller ones, with a Baldwin R scale, and it has served her very well over the years. I've tried to get her to trade up to a better piano but she's happy enough with her Howard that she doesn't want to spend any money. I even found her a used Steinway B at a bargain but she said no. It isn't my favorite piano, but I can't complain about how well it has held up to her teaching piano and practicing over 25 years. (she does have a lighter touch) I keep it voiced and in decent regulation, and with the laminated soundboard that came in those, it rarely needs much tuning, even sitting under an air vent. > But the new Knabes with the Baltimore scales in them...that's > another story. Some Bechstein definitely did rub off in that > encounter. Yes, I have a customer who brought a WG-57 Knabe to town with him and I love it. He claims he plays it 3 hours a day, and we tune it twice a year. It really doesn't go out much. We added a dehumidifier system, but that was just for extra protection during summer. The JP Pramberger Platinum Series is similar, but different. Both have Renner actions, but the Pramberger action is a Joe Pramberger design. Both use Renner Blues. Really nice cabinet work. They are beautiful pianos all around. I also have Sohmer, which falls somewhere between the two Pramberger lines in quality. Nice focus on cabinetry, but it is also a surprisingly good piano for the money. > I have a client with a Pramberger upright by Young Chang and it > is a false-beat generating machine. Pretty stabile and not bad to > tune now that it has a DC system in it but really disappointing > throughout the treble. I don't really notice any false beats in any of these Samicks. They all tune very clean. Even the wrapped bass unisons all match well. I can't say enough about how impressed I am with them. Oh, and all the grands come with full sostenuto. Jeff > > Andrew Anderson Jeff Tanner, RPT University of South Carolina -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070425/fe069be1/attachment.html
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