Hamburg A

[David Andersen]

>
>                 Hey
>                 Has any body out there had the oppurtunity to play one of 
>these German   model A? I've played two of the Os less than 5 years old. 
>Unbelievalbe piano. The sound so big and fat I thought it was an A!! 45 k 
>and 
>I think worth it. The Germans are doing something right.
>"            Dale Erwin

Yes.....I've been to London Steinway Hall a number of times in the past 
20 years to select pianos for clients; the A's are fantastic.  I usually 
like American short A's (6'1"-6'2 1/2") much better than the scale 
Hamburg uses (6'4") but you're right.  Those pesky Germans are definitely 
doing something right. 
Sometime I'll tell you the story about the German-American hybrid concert 
grand they made in 1979-80.

David A.