The Hindenburg had a grand on board? The blimp Hindenburg? Wonder what effects altitude had on the piano. Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregor _" <karlkaputt at hotmail.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:51 AM Subject: RE: Piano on the Titanic. > 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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