Steinway Concert Grand -- player piano

[David Andersen]

Ben---Please take a look at this; it's the best retrofit unit on the  
planet. I've heard it up close, for 2 hours, and it's truly awesome.
Wayne Stahnke is the O.G.---original genius---with solenoid-based  
reproducing machines.
http://www.live-performance.com/
Best,
David Andersen

On Apr 22, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Willem Blees wrote:

> Ben
>
> Your concern seems to be the effect on how the action plays and the  
> sound of the piano. A correctly installed Piano Disc system alters  
> neither. After the installation, you will not be able to tell any  
> difference in the way the action feels, nor what the piano sounds  
> like.
>
> I used to work for a guy who sold used pianos. He wasn't a piano  
> player or technician, but loved selling them. He was very  
> particular about who he sold his piano to. He would go to a  
> customers house to see where the piano was going to be placed, and  
> ask detailed question about who was going to play it, and how it  
> was going to be played. If he didn't think the piano would be  
> treated right, he refused to sell the piano. In other words, he was  
> eccentric.
>
> When I sold pianos, as long as the check didn't bounce, I could  
> care less what they did with the piano once it left my store.  If  
> you don't need the money, then don't sell it to them. Otherwise,  
> once they buy it from you, it's theirs to do with what they want.
>
>
> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> Honolulu, HI
> Author of
> The Business of Piano Tuning
> available from Potter Press
> www.pianotuning.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Loeb <ben at benloeb.com>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Sent: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 6:42 am
> Subject: Steinway Concert Grand -- player piano
>
> Does anyone have any feelings about turning a Steinway concert  
> grand into an electronic player piano?  I have a potential buyer of  
> my piano who wants to add the disc system, or something like that.   
> As a piano purist, I am considering not selling her the piano if  
> she is serious because I don't want to affect the quality of the  
> sound or action of the piano.  But, is it possible to attach these  
> devices without affecting anything?  The piano would be in her  
> home, but would be used for rather large (~100 people) home  
> performances.
>
>
> Benjamin Loeb
> www.benloeb.com
> p/f (915) 875-0231
> c (915) 525-4033
>
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