F. Kain & Sohn piano

John Delacour JD at Pianomaker.co.uk
Thu Feb 8 06:40:46 MST 2007


At 8:05 am -0500 8/2/07, ed440 at mindspring.com wrote:

>I know that much geography.  Are you saying that the "Viennese 
>Action" was never used on pianos built outside of Austria?

Not, so far as I know, in the era of the "modern piano"  to which 
this one certainly belongs.  Only a few hard-headed Austrians like 
Boesendorfer persisted with this dinosaur till the turn of the 
century.

JD



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