>>Yes, well over $100,000.00 US. > >There was a photo of one on the cover of the October '95 PTJournal... the >description in the sidebar on page five states the 10 foot 2 inch instrument >weighs in at 1650 pounds and carries a price tag of $147,000 US! > >>Much too much. > >Too much for that particular instrument or too much for a piano? > >It would be what I call a "sea-level piano". They (SLPs) probably do quite >well under the right conditions but at nearly four thousand feet with >temperatures swinging back and forth from down to -40 up to +16 C in the >winter (the traditional time for concerts) they take a great deal of work to >maintain - if they can be maintained at all. Many "imported" pianos seem to >fall into this category under these conditions. > > >John Musselwhite, RPT Calgary, Alberta Canada >musselj@cadvision.com Season's Greetings! John, I'm really not sure what you mean by a "sea-level piano." Are you suggesting that because Calgary is at 4000 ft. and gets cold, that an imported piano will not hold up as well as a domestic piano? Steinway (New York) is manufactured at sea level. Fazioli is manufactured in Sacile, Italy - a town north of Venice approaching the Alps ie. a much higher altitude and much colder. According to your logic the Fazioli would be the better choice for conditions in Calgary. I don't think that such a blanket statement about imported pianos shows much thought. I wouldn't touch some imported pianos with a ten foot tuning hammer. Others, like the Fazioli are wonderful instruments that are built solidly and do hold up under extreem conditions - at least as well as any piano can. I understand that you don't like the price tag, neither do I, but for some price is not an issue. ---- Rick Florence, Piano Technician Arizona State University School of Music Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu
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