Steinberg baby grand

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On 9-mrt-04, at 17:52, Richard Brekne wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> I ran into a little novelty today I thought I'd throw out at you.=20
> Instrument was named Steinberg. A smallish baby grand rather trashed..=20=

> bad cracking in the soundboard including what apparently was a steep=20=

> compression mound along both sides of a rather minor crack, and to=20
> other  cracks that looked to be strictly tension cracks.
>
> Action was in poor condition but playable, and oddly enough the piano=20=

> was at 440 and relatively easy to tune... good rendering, good=20
> stability.  Sounded really thin tho.
>
> Two oddities about this piano. The shift pedal shifted the action=20
> (Langer) from right to left instead of the usual left to right. I have=20=

> no idea why ...  And there were 8 glide bolts, not in the actionframe=20=

> but imbedded into the keybed... 4 for the balance rail and 4 under the=20=

> backrail.
>
> Never seen either of these two setups before. The piano was owned by a=20=

> rich fellow who had it because of sentimental reasons... very=20
> important to him he said... but not important enough to spend any real=20=

> money on. Just wanted it tuned.  I have to admit I have some=20
> difficulty relating to that rationale.  But then I dont have to=20
> understand everything in this world now do I ?
>
> Cheers
> RicB
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Hi Ric, I remember older Steinberg grands from a long time ago.
I must say they made a nice impression on me. remarkable tone.
The new Steinberg uprights, introduced a couple of years ago were also=20=

surprisingly nice, and for avery good price.

by the by, how yous doin'

friendly greetings
from
Andr=E9 Oorebeek

Amsterdam -
The Netherlands

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