John: I've only had experience with 2 Bechstein concert grands - one was an old model E that was just old. The other was a model EN from the 1980s. The EN was a nice piano with a good sound. As the hammers wore it was more difficult to voice pleasantly and by the time I stopped servicing that instrument it really needed new hammers. (I stopped doing all outside work when I became full-time at SMU.) The other thing about that one was the 88 agraffes. The hammers on the top 3 notes had to be very skinny to hit the appropriate place on the string (very close to the agraffe) and not hit the belly rail. It had been a nice piano, and with some work would be again. As to comparing it with a D, I'd have to say which D? It was much better than many, and not as good as a few. dave __________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 dporritt at smu.edu ________________________________ From: caut-bounces at ptg.org on behalf of John Minor Sent: Tue 6/26/2007 2:19 PM To: caut Subject: [CAUT] bechstein opinions sought I have a private customer who has asked me a few questions about Bechsteins, and I have minimal experience with these. I'd be interested in hearing opinions on the following: How do Bechsteins compare with Steinway(9')? What about the models that were produced in the early 60s? Was that a good time, or were they not so good during that period? Thanks for any help. John Minor University of Illinois -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 4501 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070626/d4f9e093/attachment.bin
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