On 9/29/2012 7:10 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote: > 2. I've seen this in many POS/PSO pianos: "Scaled by Charles Frederich > Stein". And, looking farther, I find: "High Impact Action designed for > Lowry by Charles Frederich Stein". Hmmm? The question is this: Was Charles > Frederich Stein ever associated with any good piano companies? Most, that > I've seen, are mediocre at best. Just kind of wondering about how he became > a "notable" designer and who he really was. Anyone know? No, but I asked this very question ten years or more back, with a "soundboard by Rounds and Porter" rider. "Mr Junk" is an unfortunate but defensibly accurate epitaph. I can only hope he was doing it to eat, as a desperation situation, rather than being of the opinion that he had arrived and was doing high quality work. Sorry Charlie, I'd have wished you better. Ron N
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