[CAUT] Steinway rebuilds

[Jim Busby]

Dale,

Do you think Brent would be correct if he was to say “send it to Steinway if you want it to sound like a NY Steinway.” Your pianos certainly don’t sound like a NY Steinway (thank goodness!)

Jim

From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:40 PM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway rebuilds

  Hi Brent
You probably won't take this well but this kind of pedantic attitude deserves a response.  From my perspective this is like drinking the cool-aid willingly.
  It also says a lot about the respect you have or don't have for the nations rebuilders and their work. It says that you believe that only Steinway has the magic wood or some such nonsense. The market cornered on varnish..... Come on...Really? Frankly. Its insulting


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-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Fischer <brent.fischer at yahoo.com>
To: caut at ptg.org
Sent: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 12:21 pm
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway rebuilds
Truth sir, you are spot on, like white on rice.  Send it to the Steinway
restoration center for the real driving tonal power you have come to expect from
them. Of course, you are aware that you don't want them to drill or string
it for you, but you will get a performance quality sound that you want and
furthermore they still varnish the boards instead of coatings that let as
much as 38% more moisture penetrate the cell structure. And if you
want to get the plate processed correctly ship it to Austrailia and
have Overs do his termination hardening repairs. Steinway won't mind,
just let them pick the plate color.

Brent


--- On Mon, 2/14/11, Mckeever, James I <mckeever at uwp.edu<mailto:mckeever at uwp.edu>> wrote:

From: Mckeever, James I <mckeever at uwp.edu<mailto:mckeever at uwp.edu>>
Subject: [CAUT] Steinway rebuilds
To: "caut at ptg.org<mailto:caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org<mailto:caut at ptg.org>>
Date: Monday, February 14, 2011, 9:02 AM
Thanks to everyone for the discussion of laminated soundboards, especially Del Fandrich.
Now a question about Steinway soundboards.  A rebuilder once told me he prefers not to replace Steinway soundboards, because a replacement never quite gives you the “Steinway sound.”
Any truth to it?
Thanks,
Jim McKeever


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