![]() ![]() (A faculty member at a university had a choice of a Steinway L or anything less expensive.) It was absolutely dreadful, with a truck-like action and absolutely no projection above mezzo-piano. I played a BB from about 1982 when it was new. The 50" upright I tried wasn't much better than my Acrosonic spinet. ![]() ![]() I shopped the model A in 1978 and considered it to be below the Baldwin R but better than the Yamaha G2 at that time. I've spent quite a bit of time with a 1959 5'4" and although the piano has been messed up due to a shabby restringing years ago it seems to have much potential. Were the reviews done with the assistance of William Braid White? Anyone know?) Eventually production ceased in Rochester. (The ratings in Consumer's Research Magazine in the 1960's placed the grands beneath Steinway, but above Baldwin, Sohmer, Yamaha, Knabe, Chickering, etc. In 1959 the Heller family (Winter pianos) bought the company and continued to lower the quality. However, they were not just a stencil since they were manufactured in a building separate from Knabe, Chickering, etc. The earlier Rochester Mason and Hamlins were considered to be fine pianos but not quite as good as the Boston ones. ![]()
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