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Title: GERMAN & AMERICAN STEINWAY "B"
Post by: muspiano on August 26, 2004, 03:38:46 AM
What is the difference from the manufactured German Steinway B and the American manufactured Steinway B?
Thanks.
Title: Re: GERMAN & AMERICAN STEINWAY "B"
Post by: Axtremus on August 26, 2004, 08:40:16 PM
The differences I can think of:

Steinways made in Hamburg use Renner-made action and hammers.

Steinways made in New York use NY Steinway's own action and hammers.

Also this styling difference on the wood panels on both sides of the keyboard:

(https://coredump.multics.org/p197/Steinway_NY_Hamburg_Styling.gif)
Title: Re: GERMAN & AMERICAN STEINWAY "B"
Post by: classicarts on October 19, 2005, 12:14:32 AM
The differences I can think of:

Steinways made in Hamburg use Renner-made action and hammers.

Steinways made in New York use NY Steinway's own action and hammers.

Also this styling difference on the wood panels on both sides of the keyboard:

(https://coredump.multics.org/p197/Steinway_NY_Hamburg_Styling.gif)

Axtremus, did you forget to tell him it also sounds different.  "The most important part" of a piano.
Title: Re: GERMAN & AMERICAN STEINWAY "B"
Post by: pabst on October 19, 2005, 12:21:09 AM
american steinways are usually stiffer and feel a lot worse, right? I mean, I can only vouch for the ones Ive played on, and that would be 1 american, 1 deutsche.
Title: Re: GERMAN & AMERICAN STEINWAY "B"
Post by: Axtremus on October 19, 2005, 02:11:44 AM
Axtremus, did you forget to tell him it also sounds different.  "The most important part" of a piano.
Good point. But to be very honest, I don't think I've spent enough time playing on and listening closely to Hamburg Steinways life, and I am not that confident that I can tell a Hamdburg Steinway apart from a New York Steinway by sound alone. :(