J. Strauss & Son Studio Piano

[Pianotech]

I've delt with several pianos from that area of the world. I believe the
maker is Lothar Shell (China)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@TampaBay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 4:20 AM
Subject: J. Strauss & Son Studio Piano


> I serviced a 1 year old studio piano yesterday that had J. Strauss & Son
stickered on the fallboard. I have little doubt this piano was made in China
or Indonesia or thereabouts, but no other name on plate or elsewhere. Does
anyone know who makes this piano?
>
> The design and materials appeared low to mid-end, but the assembly
appeared very good. Alignment of keys, action components, strings, etc. was
excellent. The owner paid $3,000 for it - which I guess would be about right
for a well put together cheap piano. It had 31 bass notes and the bass/tenor
transition was tonally very good. Treble was better than average. Overall
tone was very small and constrained (sounded more like a bad spinet than a
studio), but gosh, just looking at the keys, strings and action, it looked
like a new Yamaha. Anyway, overall, it seemed quite a bit better than what I
might otherwise expect for one of these pianos.
>
> Terry Farrell
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