J. Irmler decal

[Gregor _]

Allen,

seems to be usual to sell Asian pianos with a traditional German brand name. 
And if such a name is not available, they just invent some German sounding, 
e.g. Karl Otto Oskar Deutschmannshöfer or something like that. I saw Märchen 
which means fairy tale!

The shop where I made my aprenticeship (started 1988 when the DDR still 
existed) sold these Blüthners made in the German Democratic Republic (DDR). 
I didn`t like them much, but they were much better than the other ones made 
in DDR.

I still live in Germany, in Münster. That´s near the Dutch border and 160 Km 
north of Cologne. Beautyful city with many pianos and many many bycicles. 
Winner of the Livcom Award 2004 as the most "liveable" community. Here´s a 
big university, many students, academics and public officials with a lot of 
pianos to tune.

Gregor


>From: Allen Wright <akwright at btopenworld.com>
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: J. Irmler decal
>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:52:16 +0000
>
>Gregor,
>
>Thanks for your very informative responses. That's really  interesting, the 
>history timeline on the website; including a much  clearer picture of the 
>factory! I presumed (after noticing that the  last serial number listing in 
>the Pierce Atlas was 1953) that the  company must have made a brave effort 
>after the war, and then been  thwarted by the difficulties under Communist 
>rule. The website  history confirms this.
>
>I spent today meticulously cleaning the soundboard and plate, and  making 
>replacement hitch pin punchings and understring felt from  Bechstein blue 
>cloth. It's a nice coincidence that the piano is being  rebuilt on it's 
>100th birthday. I'll be very interested to find out  how it sounds with 
>custom Abel hammers made for it.
>
>Interesting and appropriate that Bluthner owns the name. It's a  little 
>hard to tell whether the new Irmlers are made in Germany or  Asia, from the 
>site. It always seems a little poignant to me when  venerable old names 
>like that, with long traditions, are taken over  and used to sell pianos 
>that have no relationship (structurally or  aesthetically) to the originals 
>(if these new ones are Asian-made,  that is). Nothing against Asian pianos, 
>mind you - but why not start  a new tradition with a new name, like Pearl 
>River and others?
>
>Are you still working in Europe (or the US, or elsewhere)?
>
>Best regards,
>
>Allen Wright
>London, UK
>
>
>
>
>On 20 Feb 2007, at 13:41, Gregor _ wrote:
>
>>Irmler belongs to Blüthner now:
>>
>>http://www.bluthnerpiano.com/irmler.html
>>
>>Gregor
>>
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