Yes, we have been there and I think I knew what you were getting at. At some risk I think there is a sound. It can vary some of course, but I would characterize it generally as open and deriving from a soundboard assembly that leans to the lighter side. The rebuilds that I hear that really differ are not necessarily those that employ different bellying methods (cc versus RC&S) but those that vary the overall stiffness of the assembly by use large cutoff bars, heavier rib scales, steeper grain angles and/or scale changes which collectively tend to produce a less free and tighter sound. Not a bad sound but a more controlled one in which the upper end (fff) is more restricted. Now I think I better bow out and let the retort’s fly. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim Busby Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:57 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] Steinway "sound" David, Sorry. I guess I was trying to stir the pot a bit. <G> We’ve been here many times before… I’ve been in the selection room in NY and the tone was all over the place with Bs but not quite as much with Ds, in my opinion. What I was hinting at is our worn out question; don’t Ds in concert halls, as well as the Steinway C&A Ds have a certain characteristic tone that is “Steinway”? I agree with what you said below that we have the ability to reproduce it (last sentence below) but nearly all the rebuilds I’ve heard are not like Steinway. Nor do they try to be. That’s why (I think) Brent made his statements. Not in disrespect to anyone, but who might better duplicate the “Steinway sound” if there is such an animal, than Steinway? Now I’ll bow out and let all the retorts fly. <G> Best, Jim p.s. I’ve never sent a piano to Steinway for rebuilding, although I quite like them. From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Love Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:50 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway rebuilds Yipes, I think I know how you meant that but I wouldn’t say that’s quite a fair characterization. <snip> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110214/f8978a0f/attachment.htm>
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