Faux S&S

[gordon stelter]

I can get the alleged Mason-built,
probably-a-Steinert, 9'  "Steinway"  near me for
$5,500, and get it to someone who wants it for what it
is. 
( NOT to perpetrate this hoax ! ) It's still, I am
sure, a  very good 9' grand.
     Thump


--- "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> wrote:

> OK Jon:
> 
> I've kept this email in my box for over a month. 
> Tell us the rest of
> this counterfeit Steinway story.  I've seen plenty
> of counterfeits here
> but most have had "Baldwin" or "Chickering" names
> attached.  Those names
> are recognizable by Paula Pianobuyer but their
> scales are not as
> recognizable as Steinway. 
> 
> Have you found any more information on this one?
> 
> dave
> 
> _______________________
> David M. Porritt, RPT
> dporritt at smu.edu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Jon Page
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:45 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Faux S&S
> 
> Came across my first fraud today. New S&S decal on
> the orange-peel
> finish,
> and 2 thick repros of the logos on the plate, stood
> up about a half inch
> with
> puttied bevels. There was a new S&S decal on the sb
> as well.
> 
> My first choices are either a Steinert or Hume since
> the plates are
> somewhat
> similar.  It had a WN&G action.  The sostenuto rod
> supports are similar
> to M&H
> but no spider underneath. If I can chisel off the
> treble onlay there
> might
> be some casting left of the original.
> 
> They paid $20K from a local deeler. Now, I don't
> want to call the guy an
> outright crook but how could someone who's been in
> the business
> for many years not recognize the fake?  Really now,
> I know for what he
> knows about pianos he might as well be selling TV's
> and toasters but
> this is stretching one's credibility on ignorance.
> Either way, it
> doesn't
> look good for him.
> 
> Needless to say, the retired couple is besides
> themselves and can't deal
> with it now because they're off to visit a very sick
> relative, in a 
> few months they said.
> 
> I took some pictures with their digital camera and
> they'll send them to
> me
> as soon as they figure out how.
> -- 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jon Page
> 
> 



       
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