New Kemble piano

[Barrie Heaton]

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                                                  PRESS RELEASE

                                    CONRAN DESIGNS QUANTUM PIANO



A unique collaboration between Conran and Partners and the UK's
leading piano maker, Kemble and Company has resulted in the 131cm
high Quantum piano, a striking blend of design and function. 

The limited edition Quantum (only 60 will be made) is the ultimate in
music making excellence for those who demand style and performance
in equal measure. The instrument has a larger soundboard area than
many baby grand pianos, this ensures a rich and resonant tone across
the entire keyboard register and at all volume levels. The Kemble /
Conran partnership has also resulted in the development of a brand new
feature, when the piano lid is opened the top door of the Quantum
automatically opens thereby delivering a volume increase normally only
associated with grand pianos. The piano also comes with a sostenuto
pedal as standard.

For those of us who can still remember the pain caused by the piano lid
falling on our fingers the Quantum incorporates a clever function "soft
open & soft close", a sophisticated mechanism that gently dampens the
opening and closing of the piano lid.

The year 2000 marks the 300th year of piano manufacturing and
Kemble and company based in Milton Keynes is Western Europe's
leading piano maker and earned the Queens Award for export in 1992. 

Joint Managing Director, Brian Kemble MBE commented "The Quantum
is a perfect example of form and function. It represents the absolute
state of the art in piano design and manufacture and will also help us
promote British piano manufacturing and Kemble and Company in
particular to overseas markets. We have a number of high profile
customers and have already received calls enquiring about availability"

The company, originally based in Stoke Newington London and founded
by Brian's grandfather now employs 112 People.


See the QUANTUM at http://www.uk-piano.org/kemble/ 
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