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From: Owen Hartnett <ads@clipboardinc.com>
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Subject: Re: True or false on Steinways, Stoneways and Hamburger Steinways
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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