[CAUT] Which S&S replacement action parts?

[Douglas Wood]

I'm aware of that one. It has been my admittedly limited experience  
that I have at least as good results with the current (and I do mean  
current) Steinway parts as with any others I've used. And clearly  
better than many I've tried or come across. I do also admit to not  
working very hard on generating data. Just paying attention to the  
results.

That's results in terms of problems downstream and tone and volume  
palette. As in complaints, or occasionally interesting comments, from  
the owner or artist. Mostly in customer homes and carefully  
chaperoned concert instruments. The "institutional" setting still  
feels a bit like new territory to me, so I hope to get to the Oberlin/ 
Steinway seminar and pick their brains.

Doug


On Jun 25, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> I may be mistaken, but I don't think it's the price of the parts,  
> it's the pinning/flange cloth controversy.  Uh oh, I mentioned  
> it...  :-o
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Wood"  
> <dew2 at u.washington.edu>
> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Which S&S replacement action parts?
>
>
>> Hi, all. I'm looking for perspective in what follows, as I come  
>> from  a background where the rewards for staying close to the  
>> "Steinway  Way" have been very great.
>>
> <snip>
>
>> I do understand that Steinway knows all too well how to charge  
>> for  their parts. (Anyone ever thought of pegging their price  
>> increases to Steinway's?) But I do find them to work exceedingly  
>> well, and be  quite durable. I am also fortunate that our staff  
>> rebuilding time is  small enough that the administrator is happy  
>> to pay for as many parts  of my choosing as I can actually get  
>> into pianos.
>>
>> Doug Wood
>>
>> School of Music
>> University of Washington
>>
>
>

Doug Wood

School of Music
University of Washington

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