Sohmer

[Tom Driscoll]

Bill, Please don't misunderstand my contribution to this thread on sohmer.
The NY pianos were of the best materials and  workmanship with sometimes
unusual design features i.e.< aggraffs built into the long bridge>.My post
included my observations and a querie as to causes of the instability of the
45S. Not a throw my hands in the air bashing of a manufacturers entire line
spanning multiple owners and factories. Also the music director who
struggles with this piano wouldn't be receptive to the opinion that  it is
nicely designed but just has poor scaling. All he knows is that he can't use
it when the weather changes!Thanks to all who commented in a constructive
manor concerning more aggresive climate control. I'll pursue some of those
ideas,  and Bill ,  as for your statement that a piano being around means it
was well made, I know where some old Brambachs are waiting for you !
Grin,--- respectfully Tom Driscoll..--- Original Message -----
From: <Billbrpt@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: Sohmer


> In a message dated 10/16/00 6:28:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
JIMRPT@AOL.COM
> writes:
>
> << There has been quite a bit of fault finding with the Sohmer 45S and I
>  thought I would just present a contrasting view... >>
>
> Thank you for this post, Jim.  Your opinion is the same as mine.  While I
am
> often disappointed in how well a Sohmer piano stays in tune, I have always
> recognized the problem as one of scale design.  If they had only put some
> beefier wire in the low tenor, the Sohmer would be one of the better
pianos
> on the market.  If anyone ever gets a chance to restring one of these,
> rescaling would make a totally different instrument out of it.
>
> These were otherwise solidly built, nicely designed, good looking and
> sounding pianos.  I pretty much stick by my position that if a piano is
> around today, it must have been well made or it wouldn't be around today.
It
> is far better to identify the problems that various pianos have and what
can
> be done about them than it is to simply complain about them.
>
> Bill Bremmer RPT
> Madison, Wisconsin