[CAUT] Steinway or Forgery?

[Ron Nossaman]

>> In both the piano in Reno, and the one in Rochester, Ron used a stock 
>> Samick laminated *panel*, not belly. The string scale, bridges, rib 
>> scale, cutoff bar, and whatever additional bracing he did to the rim 
>> were his own, and decidedly not stock. Yes, I was impressed.
> 
>     I thought the one in Reno was based on a rim with board already 
> glued in (ribs as well) and the stock plate. Then he made modifications, 
> including thinning the edges of the board and fooling with front 
> bearing, etc, etc. Maybe I got it wrong. Certainly the one in Rochester 
> was more his own.

Or maybe I did. I'm old, and lose track. Maybe he'll post in 
and straighten us both out. In any case, what he did to the 
piano was far beyond anything I'd call "prep".

Ron N