there were 5 Steinway grands B (Hamburg) and 3 K uprights. Centrepiece was a B for the first class. Dark brown walnut and carvings in the style of Luis-Quince. Of course without rollers. Allegedly Steinway used special materials/glue for that grands because of the wet climate expected (how true!) For those whose German is decent enough to read the whole story: http://www.titanicverein.de/geschichte_deutsch_zulieferer_fluegel.html There are some nice paintings on that website, too. Gregor >From: "Shawn Brock" <shawn_brock at comcast.net> >Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> >Subject: Piano on the Titanic. >Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:22:16 -0500 > >Folks: >I have one of those burning questions that you get some times. You know, a >some what meaningless questions about piano facts... The subject of the >Titanic came up to day, and people were talking about the pictures of the >wreckage. Someone said the Grand Piano is still down there. While that's >good to know, I started to wonder who was the manufacture of this piano? >Anyone know? The Hindenburg had a Bluthner grand, but what did the Titanic >have. Thanks, and sorry for the dumb question. _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/
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