[CAUT] Celesta

Horace Greeley hgreeley at sonic.net
Thu Jan 31 12:43:44 MST 2008


Hi, Eric,

At 10:59 AM 1/31/2008, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I’d be interested in hearing comments anyone 
>might have in comparing a Schiedmayer celesta to 
>the Yamaha celesta. I know the Yamaha has an 
>action more like a piano action and therefore 
>might be a bit more “pianist friendly” to play 
>and more “technician friendly” to service. How does it stack up tonally?
>
>I’m a rather reluctant (but capable) caretaker 
>for a couple of over-the-hill Schiedmayers and am just wondering


Hmmm...for my money, the hands-down choice would 
be to ship the Schiedmayers back to the factory 
for refurbishing.  Since Mustel went out of 
business, Schiedmayer is really the only game in 
town.  Tonally there is no comparison between those and Yamahas.

Best.

Horace


>
>Eric
>
>Eric Wolfley, RPT
>Director of Piano Services
>College-Conservatory of Music
>University of Cincinnati
>
>
>
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