[pianotech] Steinweg Piano

[Wesley Hardman]

Tom,

Thank you so much for the information.  The Steinweg piano, according to the
atlas, was manufactured in 1907 in Germany.  The fallboard displays
"Grotian, Steinweg Nachf Braunschakig."  The owners' father was a military
person and actually bought the piano while in Germany and had it shipped to
the United States, where it has been since that time.  According to the
daughter, the father deemed it a prized possession, as it was purchased for
the mother, who never had time to play it very much.  To have been made in
1907, the action looks immaculate to me.  The bridges are beginning to
display some cracking at the pins, the soundboard is showing cracking but
not producing the distorting sound that one would expect, but the pinblock
seems to be holding up very well.  I do believe it has been restrung,
because the strings have still have

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Tom Rhea, Jr. <rheapiano at cox.net> wrote:

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> Wesley,****
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> The Steinweg name is indeed well known in ****Germany****, as the
> instruments – until 2000 – were manufactured as Grotrian-Steinweg or simply
> Grotrian.  The Steinweg that was associated with Grotrian was also closely
> related to Theodor Steinway of ****New York****, hence linked to the high
> quality associated with the Steinway name.  Information about Grotrian can
> be found at www.grotrian.de and in various other resources on the web.  I
> couldn’t find any information specifically about a Steinweg, though.  All of
> the references were for Grotrian-Steinweg or simply Grotrian.  If you could
> find some more information about the piano (i.e. type, size, model, serial
> number, age, etc.) it might make the search for information a lot easier.
> In a nutshell, though, a Steinweg or Grotrian-Steinweg is a very well-known
> and respected name in ****Germany**** and the company has had a long and
> distinguished history of producing extremely high quality and beautifully
> sounding instruments for almost two centuries.  Since Steinweg is the
> original spelling of the more commonly known piano manufacturer, Steinway, I
> would assume that the family propensity for high quality instruments would
> be evident in the Steinweg branch of the family that decided to stay in **
> **Germany****.****
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> Hope this bit of information helps.  Let us know what else you come up
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> Thanks,****
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> Tom Rhea****
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> Rhea Piano Service****
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> ****Norfolk**, **VA********
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Wesley Hardman
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 06, 2011 9:29 PM
> *To:* **pianotech at ptg.org**
> *Subject:* [pianotech] Steinweg Piano****
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> Does anyone know anything about the Steinweg piano?  All  I know about the
> Steinweg is that it was made in ****Germany****. A client of mine has one
> to be sold as a part of her family's estate and is wondering if it holds
> some sort of special value of any kind.  If someone could shed some light on
> this subject, I would appreciate it greatly.****
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> Wesley Hardman, RPT****
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> ****Scottsboro**, **AlabamA********
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