Hi All, It wouldn't be because Stimuli is building a high quality instrument in smaller numbers which makes them sort of exclusive or that Schimmel has some great engineering know how. Remember 60 years or so ago Yamaha hired away some top flight engineering types from Bechstein to help improve Yamahas designs. They kind of paid them like astronomical amount to lure them. With Samick having Fenner maybe the "superior German design" is coming into play again? Maybe this will be how Yamaha is going to get this different sound that Del would like competing brands to have. What fun to speculate. James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA pianoman@inlink.com "I'm on my way towards the mighty light of knowledge".
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