----- Original Message ----- From: "John Delacour" <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: November 30, 2001 4:00 PM Subject: Re: Grand Regulation Compromises > At 2:06 PM -0800 11/30/01, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John Delacour" <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk> > > What are we missing? > > > > >> JD > >> > > > >From the 60s and 70s? Nothing. From current production? Perhaps the Walter > >and the new M&H. I've heard reports.... > > ... what, that a certain Del Fandrich also had a hand in the design > of the M&H ?! Nope, not at all. They seem to be trying to reinvent 1890 or something and some say they are doing better. > > I must say the two old M&H's I have rebuilt turned out > to be fine instruments but I've no idea what they've been like > recently. It's my understanding they are trying to get the piano back reasonably close to what it was back when. They are massively built instruments, in my opinion a good old M&H had much better construction quality than most anything else around, including S&S. It takes a large home to accomodate one, though -- they are big pianos. Del
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