A lovely upgright piano

[Sy Zabrocki]

>From Sy Zabrocki

The Sohmer was built better than the average piano for many years. In =
later years their 45" 45S studio and their 41" console had the same =
scale. I once measured them out. I always thought this was a form of =
cheating. If a studio was ordered, you were entitled to a studio, not =
their console in a 45" cabinet. The Kohler & Campbell spinet and console =
had the same scale also. The Baldwin 40" and 42=BD" console had the same =
scale (I'm quite sure).=20

Pianos made in the USA have all but vanished. Changing times played a =
part in their demise. Still, some might still be around if they had not =
pulled stunts like described above.=20

Sy Zabrocki
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From: 	Newton Hunt[SMTP:nhunt@rci.rutgers.edu]
Sent: 	Saturday, January 11, 1997 2:36 PM
To: 	pianotech@byu.edu
Subject: 	Re: A lovely upgright piano

Hi, Tom,
	Those 45S Sohmers are a bear.  They go insane when the humidity changes
and the inharmonicity at the bottom of the middle section is bolistic.  =
I have
five of them at Rutgers and hate each one except one which has a climate
control system installed which keeps the pitch up.
	They are good pianos, strong and sound good when regulated.  I
 had one in the pit of a broadway show which I tuned once a week.
	I also had two Yamahas, one Winter 45", another Yamaha and a Young
Chang.  The Sohmer _ALWAYS_ required much more tuning than the others, =
also
tuned one a week.
	Sohmers are not amount my most favored pianos only because they go too
far out of tune.
		Newton
		nhunt@rci.rutgers.edu