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Steinway takes additional Samick Investment
Steinway Raises $27 Million On March 30, Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. announced that, pursuant to the previously announced subscription agreement, Samick Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. has exercised its option to purchase an additional 1.7 million shares of ordinary common stock … Continue reading
NEXT!!!
Today is March 31, the last day of my current direct involvement with Bosendorfer. It’s been great, thanks to everybody involved, but I’m itching to move on. Stay tuned.
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The Frederick Collection and the world’s great piano builders
Click here for a great Slate article, make sure you read to the end.
Visit to Steingraeber
Steingraeber is found in the bustling city of Bayreuth, which wears its illustrious musical heritage (both Wagner and Liszt are buried there) lightly. Unlike some European makers, it’s hard to miss Steingraeber, being just off Steingraeber Passage. Let’s see, isn’t … Continue reading
Travels – Berlin
SPOILER Alert: There is nothing related to pianos in this post. I was back in Berlin recently. This being my 3rd trip, I’m beginning to feel like I know my way around a little. However this time it was freezing … Continue reading
Out of tune recordings
I recently purchased a CD of Horowitz playing Schumann Kinderszenen, the Op 17 Fantaisie and the Arabeske. His performance of the last movement of Kinderszenen, “Der Dichter spricht” is worth twice the price of the CD, just beautiful. The problem … Continue reading
The problem with sports
I’m not a sports person. Skinny and hollow chested, I was much more at home behind the music stand practicing horn in high school than doing anything athletic. Now that I’m older I appreciate not having the knee and hip … Continue reading
2010 NAMM part 1 – Overview
NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) is the big musical instrument industry trade show. Technically it’s held twice a year, but the big show is every January in Anaheim, California. Anybody and everybody connected with the musical products industry shows … Continue reading
2010 NAMM part 2 Bösendorfer
Bosendorfer, in the past, has used NAMM to show some beautiful examples of our cabinet design skills and veneer work. However with business being slow and space smaller, it made more sense to show instruments that have more immediate sales … Continue reading
2010 NAMM part 3 Yamaha CFX
Yamaha has had a high end “craft built” line for a number of years and has been a very serious builder of concert pianos for decades. The concert grand, the CFIII (CF3) has undergone a number of iterations and experiments, … Continue reading