Bechstein Grotrian

Overs Pianos sec@overspianos.com.au
Sat, 5 May 2001 09:16:14 +1000


List,

Richard Brekne wrote;

>Ran into a curiousity today I thought I would share with you all. It
>was a rebuilt Grotrian Steinweg 220 #68315 or close to that . . from 
>around the 30's
>. . . .  rebuilt at the Bechstein
>factory 3 years ago and sold to its present owner for 135 grand DM.
>A nice chunk of money. . . . . Half Grotrian and Half Bechstein... 
>suprisingly sloppy
>workmanship . . .  what a shame.

It's amazing what the 'rebuilding section' of some established 
factories will dish out just to make a fast buck. A few years ago I 
inspected a model D which was 'rebuilt' by Steinway London. It was 
the sort of sloppy work one would expect to come out of any local 
sweat shop. Sloppy gilding straight over a severely damaged plate 
amongst several other disasters - lovely.

Ron O
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