W. Hoffman

[Richard Brekne]

Wish I could help you Terry... have run into only one Hoffman here in Norway..
tho no doubt there are a few around.. The one example I did run into was so beat
up it was impossible to judge much about its origional quality.

I have heard from some other techs over her that Hoffman is much the same as
Zimmerman.. If so then you should expect weak and thudish sound, and action
sluggishness would not be suprising at all.

Cant really say much else.. I suspect our Dutch or Sweedish folks have run into
some of these...

Farrell wrote:

> I tuned a 1974 W. Hoffman 6' 4" grand today. German made. Framing is much
> like the Bechstein & Bosendorfer. Seemed like it could be a nice instrument.
> Had a heavy nasty action that the guy was complaining about. I also thought
> the instrument lacked power BIG time.
>
> Anyone know much about the general quality of this piano? I'm guessing along
> the quality range of a Shimmel? Sometimes I bang on a piano like this one
> and it seems very weak (lacking power/volume), but I wonder if my ears are
> just plugged or its just me in some other way. Then I go and tune a 53 year
> old Acrosonic console like I did just an hour ago and the thing seems like
> it could easily blow the Hoffman away if you were to put them both up on
> stage (although the Hoffman did have a bit (like huge) more pronounced
> bass - but tenor on up, the Acrosonic would like it BIG time). Is there
> anything folks use as a reference for power? I suppose a decibel meter would
> help. I guess its probably that I don't yet trust myself - seems so hard to
> imagine that big grand sounding anemic compared to an Acrosonic!
>
> Terry Farrell
> Piano Tuning & Service
> Tampa, Florida
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no