Re: True or false on Steinways, Stoneways and Hamburger Steinways

On Aug 21, 2024 at 4:30:28 PM EDT, "DeepBlue" <dan.koren@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:20:02 +0000, Owen Hartnett wrote:
 

A fairly interesting discussion/history on the New York and Hamburg
piano
makers, with a 20 question T and F.
(Caution: Some of the questions are of the form of Steinway is X%, where
the
answer may be greater than or less than X - a bit misleading.)
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KAqSd2dc5s
 
-Owen

 
The best pianos are made
in Vienna and in Italy.
 
Stoneways are B- at best.

To badly paraphrase Dorothy Parker:

If somebody left a Stoneway or Steinway B- in my dust under the Christmas
Tree, I wouldn't be in the least surprised.

-Owen