On 3/20/17 11:24 AM, Iain Churches wrote:
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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.

He adapted! Steinway had a near-monopoly on concert instruments.

https://www.steinway.com/artists/sergei-rachmaninoff