Andrew- My favorite customer is a lady who is nearly 80 years old. She and her late husband had a marriage centered on a Boesendorfer piano which they encountered and went into debt to buy. Her ability to find, respond to and enjoy the range of timbres, articulations and dynamics in a piano is a great joy to me. If she approves of a piano, I know I've accomplished something. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Anderson" <andrew at andersonmusic.com> To: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>; <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] "All Steinway" Schools. The problem with... >I have noted that people who are accustomed to the Steinway touch and >response are intimidated by a highly responsive high-end piano. I've used >an automotive metaphor. "It's like going from a Lincoln to a Porsche >Group B barely road-legal car. You step on the gas and your back gets hit >by a sledge hammer, you step on the brakes and you're hanging up against >your four-point harness. Get accustomed to controlling that and you will >never want to go back." My piano student's that learn on a Sauter piano >can make any piano sound good, although they hate how limiting some are. > > That is just one brand among a number that offer so much more. Its easy > to go back and hide behind a Steinway if that is all you have known but > there are so many possibilities that can be experienced with other > pianos. Something I've noted when trying pianos out at NAMM for the > store is that the high-end pianos are quite different from each other, > they have individual design goals and philosophies that result in > stunning pianos that are not easily confused with that of another piano > make. > > We sponsor an annual concert featuring Sauter Pianos and the artists we > bring in are generally surprised by what they can get from the piano. > Fascination would be a good description of what I encounter when they > start practicing on one for the concert. To quote one recently, "It is > fabulous, it gives me everything I want from it; easily!" > > Vive la difference, > Andrew Anderson > > On Nov 22, 2008, at 2:14 PM, Ed Sutton wrote: > >> Is it possible that only practicing on one brand of piano results in >> performers who only know how to play that brand of piano, and so, >> believe that it is the only best piano for performance? >> Kinda like knowing that English is the language everybody else should >> learn to speak? >> ES >> >> Kendall wrote: >>> >>> Only practicing on one kind of piano, or one brand, severely limits the >>> pianist in his ability to be able to cope with a number of different >>> pianos >>> in diverse venues and performance situations. >>> >> >> >
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