I seem to recall reading or hearing at the time that Kimball brought over Bosendorfer techs to build prototypes, presumably in the process of developing the Kimball Viennese line. While I would tend to doubt they'd be building with all Bosendorfer parts etc., I suppose a group of real factory trained KlavierBauer would be able to create a hand made Bosey in French Lick with local materials. And I expect the prototypes would have been quite saleable. Post some photos after you inspect it, please. Patrick On Mar 21, 2006, at 9:13 PM, Kent Swafford wrote: > I got a call a few days ago from a man who swears he owns a pecan > finish french provincial Kimball grand that was built by > Bosendorfer techs with Bosendorfer parts, material, and design here > in the United States in the late 1960's. He says for all intents > and purposes it is a Bosendorfer but with the Kimball name on it. > > At first I figured he had a Viennese model Kimball grand that some > salesman had oversold, but he eventually got me convinced. His > description of the piano was very detailed and seemed to describe a > Bosendorfer. The man knew Roger Weisensteiner and had recently > talked to Jon Light. Light only goes back 20 years or so with the > company and knows nothing of this. > > This would have been from the time after Kimball bought > Bosendorfer. Does anyone know when that was? > > Does anyone know of any other pianos like this? There were > supposedly as many as 100 of these. > > The owner wishes to properly value the piano for insurance > purposes. (Yeah, I know. If it has a Kimball name on it, then it > probably has a Kimball value as well.) > > Thanks for any info anyone might have. > > > Kent > > > > > > >
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