Piano on the Titanic.

[J W Stein]

The Hindenburg had a grand on board?   The blimp Hindenburg?  Wonder what 
effects altitude had on the piano.

Jon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregor _" <karlkaputt at hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 11:51 AM
Subject: RE: Piano on the Titanic.


> there were 5 Steinway grands B (Hamburg) and 3 K uprights. Centrepiece was 
> a B for the first class. Dark brown walnut and carvings in the style of 
> Luis-Quince. Of course without rollers. Allegedly Steinway used special 
> materials/glue for that grands because of the wet climate expected (how 
> true!)
>
> For those whose German is decent enough to read the whole story:
> http://www.titanicverein.de/geschichte_deutsch_zulieferer_fluegel.html
>
> There are some nice paintings on that website, too.
>
> Gregor
>
>
>>From: "Shawn Brock" <shawn_brock at comcast.net>
>>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>Subject: Piano on the Titanic.
>>Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 22:22:16 -0500
>>
>>Folks:
>>I have one of those burning questions that you get some times.  You know, 
>>a some what meaningless questions about piano facts...  The subject of the 
>>Titanic came up to day, and people were talking about the pictures of the 
>>wreckage.  Someone said the Grand Piano is still down there.  While that's 
>>good to know, I started to wonder who was the manufacture of this piano? 
>>Anyone know?  The Hindenburg had a Bluthner grand, but what did the 
>>Titanic have.  Thanks, and sorry for the dumb question.
>
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