Piano on the Titanic.

[Avery]

I "thought" we were talking about the Titanic! :-)

Avery

At 12:12 PM 3/10/2007, you wrote:
>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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