Dear Rob: Falcone pianos were made in the Boston Area. The pianos were patterned after the Hamburg Steinway models D, C and short A. Their sound charact- eristics were quite similar. The soundboard of the D had what was called a soundboard calibrator which could relieve stress and free up the tone after the piano was built. The pianos were made with great integrity as far as workmanship was concerned. When Mr. Falcone was not able to turn the corner in making it a profitable venture, he brought in investors who later took over the company. He left shortly after he realized that he no longer had control. That venture eventually failed and the Piano Disk people have recently bought the remains of that and Mason & Hamlin and Knabe. Production of the Mason & Hamlin line is already starting up production in Hillsdale, MA expecting shipments by Nov. There are no immediate plans for resurrecting Falcone at this time however. Would you like to buy a good piano company? I don't know that it is for sale. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Rob Kiddell wrote: > Greetings List, > > Someone has sent me an e-mail asking about Falcone pianos. Here, in > the Great Frozen Canadian North, we don't see many of them (I've not > seen a one). The only info I have is from the Pierce Atlas, the they > began production around 1982, and were acquired by Mason & > Hamlin/Sohmer later on. Any info on history, quality, or subjective > impressions of Falcones would be great. > > Thanks, > Rob Kiddell > C.A.P.T. Student > P.T.G. Associate > Edmonton, Canada > http://www.planet.eon.net/~atonal/atonal.html >
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