THE BECHSTEIN IN ICELAND

[Barrie Heaton]

Hi Arnold,

Are Bechstine still alive and kicking, I read an article in the news
that they have gone bankrupt  and GDR were putting a rescue bid together
but no more was herd.  What happened?

Kind Regards

Barrie


In article <199611171145.MAA20102@mail.euronet.nl>, Arnold Duin
<aduin@euronet.nl> writes
>Hi André
>welcome back!
>At the last Frankfurter fair I stopped at the Bechstein boot and played a
>concert grand.A couple of notes in the treble (at the studs) had the correct
>volume and tone coulor but no sustain:after the first attack the tone was
>completely dead. I was very suprised that Bechstein put that paticular
>instrument on display. In this case it had nothing to do with voicing but more
>with the construction of bridge /soundboard at that spot.
>The other day I talked to a technician who had the same problem with a  one year
>old grand
>He was asked to do something about it. We agreeded that he shouldn,t burn his
>fingers on it
>( the grand was sold by a not so popular dealer) and let the dealer and
>Bechstein deal with the problem.
>
>Greeting Arnold
>
>
>André wrote:
>
>>Anyway, I could tell you this: if the Bechstein is only three years old,
>>the problem must be in either the regulation or the voicing.
>





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