[CAUT] Steinway rebuilds

[William Monroe]

Completely agree, Mr. Love.

I couldn't quite tell if Mr. Fischer was speaking with his tongue in his
cheek or not.  His post is a bit confusing to me.  It begins with, [of
course you must send it to them for the belly] which is a statement usually
reserved for those who are hard-line company men, but then is followed up
with don't let them drill it or string it - which flies in the face of the
reasoning for sending it to NY for the board in the first place.  Half of
the post seems like it was in jest, but hard to tell.

William R. Monroe




On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:06 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

> Send it to Steinway if you need to be able to say “well, I sent it to
> Steinway” no matter what the outcome, kind of like the hammer discussion.
> But the outcomes can vary.  There are lots of other very good (maybe better)
> options with quality rebuilders who will take a much more custom approach to
> the project and can deliver a very high quality performance piano with all
> the characteristics you are looking for and more.  And like Dale says,
> varnish has nothing to do with it.
>
>
>
> David Love
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> www.davidlovepianos.com
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>
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> *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Brent
> Fischer
> *Sent:* Monday, February 14, 2011 12:22 PM
>
> *To:* caut at ptg.org
> *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
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>
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>
> --- On *Mon, 2/14/11, Mckeever, James I <mckeever at uwp.edu>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Mckeever, James I <mckeever at uwp.edu>
> Subject: [CAUT] Steinway rebuilds
> To: "caut at ptg.org" <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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