On 20/03/2017 16:54, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 20/03/2017 16:24, Iain Churches wrote:
"MiNe109" wrote in message
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On 3/20/17 2:35 AM, Iain Churches wrote:
Russian composer Serge Rachmaninov wrtote: "I took only two
important things with me to America, my wife Natalja and my
precious Bluthner piano".

Debussy also owned a Bluthner.

It does have a very distinctive sound, which lends
itself well to the music of the late romantic period.

Eiron mentioned the Aliquot system where a fourth string,
not struck by the hammer is added to the higher octaves.

I wonder what the Americans thought when Rachmaninov
took his Bluthner to the USA in 1918. They had their own
American piano sound with the Baldwin.


Don't know about their pianos but they made some damn fine locomotives.

Don't forget that Steinway started in New York.
But the main requirement for US pianos is how they look when dropped on
the sidewalk from a great height. Not forgetting ease of dismantling
so Harpo can play them.

--
Eiron.