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[Brian Lawson]

Steinways have such amazing features when on film. In the movie The Story of
1900 the pianist played so fast, that the strings heated up so that he could
light a cigarette from them.

Brian Lawson, RPT
Johannesburg, South Africa


> Did anyone watch the Natalie Cole biography movie on NBC Sunday
> night?  I don't typically watch TV movies, in fact I've grown to
> hate network television, but the wife wanted to see it so I sat
> through part of it.
>
> There is a major scene set in the 1970s where Natalie and her
> band are in a rehearsal.  Problem:  The piano was a black
> polyester finish Boston.  Poly finishes were not used in the
> 1970s and Boston pianos did not exist in the 1970s!!!
>
> What topped it off and got us laughing for five minutes was that
> in the very same scene half way through the piano suddenly
> changed into a light walnut!!!  Is this some new trick finish
> that Steinway is using on their Bostons???  I'd sure like to see
> one!
>
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
>