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Coffee or not Jeannie its hard to be a nisse-man in this world and still
make any sense out of the names they put on pianos these days. Its getting
to the point where only a very few have names that make any sense relative
to the actual piano anymore.
<p>Personally, I find the whole thing a bit sour tasting. Just like it
seems wrong in my gut to strip down a Steinway to its rim, replace everything
in a way Steinwway would never think of doing and still call it a Steinway.
<p>Many, if not most, of these old names were smaller companies started
by some guy (gal?) who had a burning desire to build and design a piano....
and put his heart and soul into them... some were better then others...
but instruments bearing these same names made in elsewhere by people who
care nothing about the origional traditions, not to speak of quality pianos
in general,....... hmmmm... me no like.
<p>So... Schiedmayer, Shildringsvorst, Sternbach, Skartoffelsalat, and
whatever others their might be....made in Indonesia or somesuch place.....
easy to get confused coffee or not.
<p>JMV
<p>Jeannie Grassi wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> <span class=190122915-01062001><font face="Arial">Don,</font></span><span class=190122915-01062001><font face="Arial">You're
right, of course. In my haste, I got my German names mixed up.
Just this week I serviced a Schiedmayer studio. (It doesn't even
sound close!) The customer was under the impression that she had
bought a German piano. It was clearly marked on the plate that it
was made in Japan and my trusty Pierce atlas led me to Kawai. </font></span><span class=190122915-01062001></span><span class=190122915-01062001><font face="Arial">Sorry
for the confusion, Stephen, and others. I clearly needed one more
cup of coffee before sending that post!!:>)</font></span></blockquote>
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<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>Bergen, Norway
<br><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A>
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