On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > In this business we tend to equate attention to detail and perfection > of workmanship with > performance. They are not necessarily related. Quality of construction > does not > necessarily translate into quality of tone performance. Hi, Del, List. Just a random observation here, but I would put it this way. The piano is a musical instrument, not a piece of furniture. It's function is to be played and listened to. Therefore piano-quality in not something which is SEEN at all, It is something which is HEARD. The purpose of regulation and voicing are to give the pianist maximum control over the hammers, be- cause the rubber meets the road in piano technology, that is the quality of the instrument is both determined and defined, by what happens when the hammers meet the strings. In the end, that is not the most important thing that matters, it is the ONLY thing that matters. What happens when the hammers meet the strings also defines the quality of the technician, too. Beside every great piano stands a great tech- nician. Like Love and Marriage, "you can't have one without the other"! Les Smith
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