> I see a dealer is selling one of the same age for around $20,000 which > seems to me far too much. Too much for whom? The seller or the buyer? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > Last week I had a call from a local retired music teacher, who I had as > class music teacher when I started high school back in 1971. He is active > in musical circles locally, but has never been my client simply due to > having stayed with the father-and-son team (now son only) that he used for > years. > > He wasn't too happy wiuth the tuning that was done a couple of months ago, > and wanted me to come instead, which I did. His piano is a Steinway Model > Z from 1971 and oddly, it's the first Steinway Z I have tuned since I > started in 1984. I have to say I wasn't phenomenally impressed. It's nice > enough and all that, but not superlative in any way. The top lid is > hinged from the left hand end, a thing I've seen before - I guess it was > meant to impart the impression of opening a grand lid. But in what I feel > is a design flaw, the hinge pin must be removed to take off the lid for > tuning, and it has to be withdrawn from the back, which means pulling the > piano out from the wall. > > Anyway, what I'd like opinions on is this: The bass sounds soft and weak, > almost (but not as bad) as if the bass bridge was detached. Time simply > ran out for investigating this, as I had done some key easing and he had > to go out. When I commented on the bass, he agreed and said it had always > sounded like that. I would like to go back and have a proper look at the > bridge etc at some point. But does anyone know if there is any particular > feature or problem with the Z? > > I see a dealer is selling one of the same age for around $20,000 which > seems to me far too much. You could buy a beautiful new Feurich form not > much more. But I guess they will get their price because of the name. > > Best regards, > > David. > > >
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