About ten years ago, I tuned a grand that had the name Charles Frederick Stein on the fallboard. It had an unusual feature on the soundboard which I can only describe as an "outrigger" that broadened out the foot of the treble bridge - normal width at C8 widening to about 4" toward the tenor but with a normal cap running along the back edge. The only other thing I remember was that, although the piano hadn't been tuned in many years, it didn't need much work at all. It was very stable. The piano was for sale and if I were wealthy, I would have bought it just to find out what made it tick. Pierce says they made pianos 1924 - 1942. To Conrad: Lowrey made the Story & Clark pianos with C. F. Stein scale. 1970 on. Is this what you were asking? James Grebe wrote: > > If I remember correctly, CFS had something to do with Wurlitzers' > calibrated element they used to use. He may have been responsible for their > hexagonal soundboard also. I always thought his designs were a little > screwy as I couldn't name you one that worked really well. Can someone tell > me some of his designs that really worked well? > -- Thomas A. Cole RPT Santa Cruz, CA
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