Produktiv - Genossenschaft :
My German is not that good, but I thought that phrase just meant 'Production Co-operative' ?
German experts please?
PG
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- by PianoGuy
- 11 Jun 2005, 16:02
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: Erste Produktiv-Genossenschaft, Wien
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12802
- by PianoGuy
- 11 Jun 2005, 11:30
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: If the price are the same, kawai or yamaha which is better?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 66257
Look at my opening paragraph: IMHO, Kawai pianos are let down by their insistence of using ABS components throughout their actions. Technically and in performance, there is little difference to the immaculately machined wood in the typical Yamaha, save for a slight abruptness in the key travel of th...
- by PianoGuy
- 10 Jun 2005, 07:16
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Welmar baby grand
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12098
- by PianoGuy
- 10 Jun 2005, 07:14
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Yamaha C110
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17253
Sounds like you're getting good service *and* a good price! The Kemble to which you refer was probably a Studio model. It's very similar to the C110 but built in the UK. How it can be done for the price with UK labour costs I have no idea, although there are obvious compromises made. The veneer is o...
- by PianoGuy
- 10 Jun 2005, 07:03
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: If the price are the same, kawai or yamaha which is better?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 66257
Re: Kawai v. Yamaha
Just because some wishes to use a nickname this is not an indication that hey have an hidden agenda What bring a smile to my face is Kawai?s ranting about how stable ABS jacks are, but it is still seated in wooden parts, having said that it is still a very good product and Pianoguy has said the sam...
- by PianoGuy
- 07 Jun 2005, 19:11
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Yamaha U3 - type and age ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10373
- by PianoGuy
- 07 Jun 2005, 19:10
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: If the price are the same, kawai or yamaha which is better?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 66257
Re: KAWAI PIANOS!
ABS is tried, tested and proved NOT on trial, and evolving all the time. Its not Kawais fault if other piano manufacturers cant keep up. As a piano technition myself I can safely say that ABS carbon fibre is great thing for the piano. Yamaha is a multi billion dollar corporation with output and mar...
- by PianoGuy
- 06 Jun 2005, 23:01
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Yamaha U3 - type and age ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10373
- by PianoGuy
- 06 Jun 2005, 22:59
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Yamaha U3 - type and age ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10373
- by PianoGuy
- 06 Jun 2005, 17:04
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: John Spencer piano from Murdoch & Murdoch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6746
Re: Spencer
Yeah! Sorry about that! Harshness is not really in my nature, but I can't resist it in these forums!Bill Kibby wrote:Although "PianoGuy" is technically right, it's a bit harsh.
Give us a bit more of an idea of its appearance, and we'll be able to get you a better idea!
- by PianoGuy
- 06 Jun 2005, 16:53
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: If the price are the same, kawai or yamaha which is better?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 66257
Re: Kawai Pianos
Nobody seems to have mentioned that the tone on Kawai pianos is far superior to Yamaha, I say that as a piano tuner of 22 years standing and having had the opportunity to compare at many trade shows. I have been asked by Yamaha on several occasions to stock their pianos but have refused because of ...
- by PianoGuy
- 06 Jun 2005, 07:00
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: John Spencer piano from Murdoch & Murdoch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6746
Have you looked at the first sticky on this forum? There's no telling some people! Assuming it's in working order I'll guess that it's worth somewhere between Diddley Squat and 1000 USD. If the lower serial number is correct it dates from 1897, if the higher is correct, it's 1915. What does it look ...
- by PianoGuy
- 05 Jun 2005, 23:07
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Welmar baby grand
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12098
Re: Welmar baby grand
Hi Pianoguy, I noticed your harsh criticism of the Simplex action fitted to thousands of baby grands and wondered what aspect of the piano is so crap. ..................... ........ After all if thousands of people hadn't bought pianos with this action there presumably wouldn't have been thousands ...
- by PianoGuy
- 04 Jun 2005, 07:08
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Yamaha C110
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17253
Yes, the hammers are different from those fitted to the rest of the range. They are distinguishable by the lack of underfelting (usually of a different colour) The piano is made at the Chinese Pearl-River factory and is none the worse for that. Batch uniformity is better amongst C110 pianos than the...
- by PianoGuy
- 31 May 2005, 07:02
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: Knabe
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4759
It could be one of the huge table sized squares produced in the US at that time. Steinway stopped producing squares in 1888, and that particular firm was a great promoter of the upright. 15 years earlier it was estimated that 90% of US piano production was squares. European makers had embraced the u...
- by PianoGuy
- 30 May 2005, 19:04
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Restoring a grand, likely costs?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18449
The residual value of an older piano will depend upon what make you choose and more importantly who restored it. As a rule, the only blue chip investments are German Steinways. US Steinways are less sought after because the Shermans don't want 'em back, even though if bought carefully they can be su...
- by PianoGuy
- 29 May 2005, 21:19
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Restoring a grand, likely costs?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18449
A C3 is the most sensible option, but the least romantic! I'm a great fan of this model and reckon that if you can't stretch to a Steinway, you should buy one. They're heating-resistant, very tweakable and can sound almost Steinway-like. As for polyestering of old pianos, it is often done to consoli...
- by PianoGuy
- 29 May 2005, 20:15
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Restoring a grand, likely costs?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18449
Too right about those wrestpins Barrie! I answered this query on another forum. It's good to see that we're both barking up the same tree! http://www.pianos.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1066 I agree about Poland. Good work in general, but you can't leave it in the state that it comes back. Huge amou...
- by PianoGuy
- 27 May 2005, 15:56
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Which Yamaha piano should we buy?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11449
Well personally if I was given 10K to buy an upright I'd buy a U3 circa 5.5 million serial number (so it's pre that stupid and ugly fall) for about 4K and keep the change. Six grand in change buys you a few concert tickets, a lot of sheet music, a stack of CDs and a half decent sound system to play ...
- by PianoGuy
- 27 May 2005, 07:35
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Advice on selling a piano.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6968
- by PianoGuy
- 27 May 2005, 07:26
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Welmar baby grand
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12098
- by PianoGuy
- 25 May 2005, 21:47
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: waldstein
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13223
How old is the Waldstein? If it dates from the mid '90s, then it's likely only to be of average quality. At that time the Pearl River factory was in its infancy, build quality was intended for the Chinese domestic market and not particularly good. Some of the early instruments to hit European shores...
- by PianoGuy
- 25 May 2005, 06:48
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Eavestaff-worth reconditioning?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9803
Hmmmm..... I'm not one to sanction DIY piano work, but I guess you could dismantle the action yourself, contact one of the piano parts people listed on this site, and get them to do difficult work. David Fry Piano Services or Fletcher and Newman could certainly recover the hammerheads and do the reb...
- by PianoGuy
- 24 May 2005, 19:45
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Yamaha U3 Pricing and Age- Please Help for Anniversary Gift?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10001
- by PianoGuy
- 24 May 2005, 18:33
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Kemmler Osnabruck
- Replies: 20
- Views: 30574
- by PianoGuy
- 23 May 2005, 08:22
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Bentley Piano
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7515
- by PianoGuy
- 23 May 2005, 08:19
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Wendl & Lung
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7870
- by PianoGuy
- 23 May 2005, 07:57
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: yamaha U3 model changes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13304
- by PianoGuy
- 22 May 2005, 20:47
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Eavestaff-worth reconditioning?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9803
Eavestaff Minis and Kemble Minxes of your vintage suffer from a general crapness of quality in the glue used to form the hammerheads. If a few of yours are held on with thread, then more will likely go the same way. A new set of hammerheads or a quality recovering job will be required. That'll swall...
- by PianoGuy
- 22 May 2005, 20:38
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Which Yamaha piano should we buy?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11449
If you like the stark angular styling then the T121 is OK, but a new U1 is far better and will be easier to sell on. The P121 is a prettier piano and is of a similar design to the earlier U1, (without the natty but ugly soft-close fall) but sounds 'thinner' than a current U1. It is cheaper however b...
- by PianoGuy
- 22 May 2005, 17:37
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: Dale, Forty piano
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12452
- by PianoGuy
- 22 May 2005, 17:35
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Yamaha YUA
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18831
Broadly speaking: The U30Bl is a U3 with a full depth top and a practice pedal instead of a sostenuto. The U3X is a U3 sized piano with a different bracing structure to the back; ie an X-shaped bracing rather than simple posts. The UX is similar, but features uglier angled casework. The U10Bl is a U...
- by PianoGuy
- 22 May 2005, 13:43
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: Dale, Forty piano
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12452
Re: Dale Forty numbers
I'm fascinated, does this mean you have original archive material, or is 4634 a code for the date and the number sold that year, like the later ones? No, the 4634 is probably just a factory number (Dale Forty had some of their pianos built elsewhere) In this case, the 86263 is the important number....
- by PianoGuy
- 21 May 2005, 20:56
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: Dale, Forty piano
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12452
A 19th Century Dale Forty can be dated from its paper label. Yours is 1883, and was the 263rd piano sold that year. 20th C. Dale Fortys can be dated from the number stamped on the inside of the top door preceded by either one or two stars. One star denotes new, two stars second hand. The first numbe...
- by PianoGuy
- 21 May 2005, 20:30
- Forum: Piano History
- Topic: Yamaha U1
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15842
- by PianoGuy
- 21 May 2005, 19:11
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Yamaha piano
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3477
U1 is lovely, the U3 is better, but bigger. ..... And uglier. All of the V series has foul styling. Save your money by avoiding like the plague. Leave fancy casework to the likes of Schimmel who do a *really* nasty job of styling. The P121 is a British-built U1 with cheaper hammers and the earlier a...
- by PianoGuy
- 21 May 2005, 19:02
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Is an older digital piano any good?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19215
Old Digitals are dicey. Depreciation in the first year is dire, the notable exceptions being the portable types used for pro-use such as the Yamaha P60. Think of them as second hand computers. How much are they worth after 10 years' use? Digital 'Pianos' are computers with a piano keyboard. If you t...
- by PianoGuy
- 21 May 2005, 18:51
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: If the price are the same, kawai or yamaha which is better?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 66257
IMHO, Kawai pianos are let down by their insistence of using ABS components throughout their actions. Technically and in performance, there is little difference to the immaculately machined wood in the typical Yamaha, save for a slight abruptness in the key travel of the Kawai. Other things to consi...
- by PianoGuy
- 21 May 2005, 18:34
- Forum: Piano Advice
- Topic: Tuner : Better the devil you know?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9870
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