Whadayathink of this piano sound?

[Richard Brekne]

I have to agree with Ron here.  He is most definitely after his own 
sound, and he has every reason to be proud of his work.  I hear little 
of the classic Steinway sound base in what I can discern from the files. 
I hear something very different... something that I also find very pleasing.

Cheers
RicB

         >  I also find
         > that it doesn't have the Bosendorfer-ish quality I thought I
        deteceted
         > on the tiny laptop speakers, and I can hear the Steinway
        pedigree, but
         > the piano sounding very fresh and lovely and lively.


    No, you don't. There's very little in that piano that's still
    Steinway.


         > The old Steinway B's seem to restore so well.


    This one isn't remotely restored - it's heavily redesigned. It
    has a new string scale, new bridges, bass separated from the
    tenor, with a nine note transition bridge in the low tenor,
    new soundboard, with more ribs than the original, fanned and
    deeply crowned for support with very low panel compression,
    extra rim and belly rail bracing, a big bass cutoff, and a
    treble fish. The plate is also modified with vertical hitch
    pins, and elimination of both the front and rear tuned
    duplexes. That's not Steinway you hear in there, it's my way
    and Kent's way. This dog has a different pedigree.

    Ron N