Sohmer

[Lynn Rosenberg]

Well, I maintained a Sohmer on a regular basis, and it became much more
stable when a climate control was installed.  I think the most frustrating
pianos are the Steinway 1098 because the string spacing can't be maintained,
because of pressure bar and plate designed. I don't know why Steinway never
corrected the problem.  My big complaint about most new pianos is that
scales could be made better, and they're using to light, to heavy wire or to
many wound strings.  Yes I agree that the tone in the low tenor section is
somewhat thin on the Sohmer.  They should in my opinion have made the
section longer.  The tenor section should have ended at e flat, or lower.
The school I attended, the New York State school for the Blind in Batavia,
New York had several Everett studio pianos made in 1948.  Tone was good,
scaling etc.  The tuning stability was poor only because of savere humidity
changes.  I bet those pianos would have been very stable if they're was
proper humidity.  Lynn

----- Original Message -----
From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: Sohmer


> > Sohmers that were made in New York city were much more
> > stable, then the ones made in Conneticut and Pennsylvania.
>
> Well, I don't know about the pianos made elsewhere but I can
> tell you that the Sohmers made in Astoria Queens were the
> least stable of any pianos in my customer base in New York
> from 1966 through 1982.  I dreaded any climate change
> because I knew I was in for  major double tuning of all
> Sohmers.  I developed a real attitude for them.
>
> From 1988 through 1997 the four Sohmers in my stock at
> Rutgers University, New York made, went ballistic with any
> change in humidity.  I had Sohmers, Kawais and Yamahas in
> the same building and the humidity went from 15% to 85% per
> year.  The sohmers were insane.
>
> Climate control systems DID stabilize the little puppies.
>
> Newton
>