C. Bechstein

Avery Todd avery1@houston.rr.com
Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:49:08 -0500


Dave,

I forgot to mention that this one was an 'L', app. 5' 6" or so. Bass 
strings basically
sounded pretty tubby to me. For a retail of $75,000,00 I expected a lot more.

Avery

>I did enjoy the piano but it wasn't one of those "wow, I get to tune 
>the EN today."  With the dollar and the euro being what they are, 
>they are very expensive.  I liked it better than a Boesendorfer though.
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>dp
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>David M. Porritt, RPT
>Meadows School of the Arts
>Southern Methodist University
>Dallas, TX 75275
>dporritt@smu.edu
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>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org on behalf of Avery Todd
>Sent: Sun 7/10/2005 2:46 PM
>To: pianotech
>Subject: C. Bechstein
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>Anyone have any experience with the "high end" Bechstein? I just
>tuned one (special order) at a dealership I work for. The workmanship
>is impeccable, but I was very underwhelmed at the bass sound! A
>Bechstein tech is going to be coming down to "prep" the piano. I
>wasn't allowed to because the Renner hammers are not hot pressed so I
>guess anyone that has any experience with those can't deal with the
>others!? Any comments?
>
>Avery
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