1969 Steinway L CBS?

[Richard Brekne]

Bigeartb@AOL.COM wrote:

> Hello Ya'll:
>      The church just received a 1969 Steinway L....beautiful walnut case
> ...terrible, terrible touch......Mushy, no power, damper pedal extremely hard
> to depress... uneven tone quality.
> QUESTION ...is this a CBS Piano????

I think, given a 30 + year run, that it is probably not so important whether the
piano is a CBS piano or not. Probably its been sitting without decent service,
and with less then optimal climatic conditions. Pianos simply need decent care
and decent air.  Take the nicest Gibson or Martin guitar you can find, play it 20
minutes every day and hang it up in a window with lots of sun when not useing it.
It will probably disintegrate within 5 years or so.

Sounds like this instrument needs quite a bit of work just to get the action
running decent.

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
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