[CAUT] 9' Estonia

[Marcel Carey]

Hi Avery,

I've been servicing one Estonia 9' concert grand. I don't find it very
good piano. The hammers are super hard, the action is heavy with many
regulation problems (noisy knuckles, springs etc.) I feel the one I'm
servicing always has some kind of surprise for me when I get to it.
I've advised the owner that new softer hammers might help it, but I'm
not even shure the piano deserve it. Lots of false beats and the piano
is either very bright or almost dead. I suspect it's not a very
efficient soundboard & scale design. It's about 10 years old so maybe
they've improved, but I would say they are very "Samick like".

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of
> Avery Todd
> Sent: November 19, 2004 1:14 PM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: [CAUT] 9' Estonia
>
>
> List,
>
> A good customer of mine, the Minister of Music at a fairly
> large Baptist
> Church,
> just called me asking about a concert grand. He's going to
> look at a new
> Estonia
> and wanted to know if I knew anything about it. I don't. Do
> any of you? At the
> moment they only have a definite $50,000.00 to work with and a
> "possibility" of
> another $20,000.00 from a 3rd donor. The Estonia was
> offered to him for
> $37,000.00 but he's interested in any information about the
> longevity, etc.
> of it.
>
> The same dealer has also offered to fly in a 9' Bösendorfer
> and has offered it
> for $70,000.00 because he's getting ready to open a new
> store in the area
> where
> the church is and would like to have one of his instruments there.
>
> The auditorium is being built now, will seat app. 2,000, a
> good portion of
> which
> will be a wrap-around type balcony. Choir loft for 150,
> small orchestra
> pit, etc.
> (It's in a fairly high income area.) :-) They've already
> started planning a
> concert
> series after the building opens, so he really wants a top
> notch piano.
>
> The two mentioned above are not the only two choices, of
> course. I just
> wanted to
> get input from anyone who's had any experience with the Estonia.
>
> Also any comparisons between it and the Bösendorfer would
> be welcome.
>
> Thanks for any info anyone can give me. Privately if you'd
> rather not post
> your
> comments on the list would also be OK.
>
> Regards,
> Avery
>
>
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