[CAUT] Steinway rebuilds

Dale Erwin erwinspiano at aol.com
Mon Feb 14 16:58:30 MST 2011


Ok Brent
  I re read this post and it is either dripping with sarcasm or a variety of opinions lost in a confusing post.  Either way it is one in which e-mail reached its expressive limitations ie minus facial expressions and vocal inflection, but guns were drawn (probably my bad) but I still hope no one dies in the fracas.
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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> 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 thediscussion of laminated soundboards, especially Del Fandrich.
 
Now a question about Steinwaysoundboards.  A rebuilder once told me he prefers not to replace Steinwaysoundboards, because a replacement never quite gives you the “Steinway sound.”
 
Any truth to it?
 
Thanks,
 
Jim McKeever
 
 




      
 
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