Perhaps what is needed in this discussion is a firm definition of: "minimally acceptable standards"????.......at least as applied to pianos??? In the best of worlds all pianos would have a clear, singing, powerful tone throughout the scale, have no false beats and would play, as well as tune, like a zypher from Valhalla........ain't the way it is.. but in the best of worlds it would be that way. So when a customer has a choice of a 5 foot something piano that cost 6,900 dollars and a 5 foot something piano that costs 37,600 dollars...what criteria should the customer use for making the choice????.............................If the customer chooses the 6,900 dollar piano do they have the right to expect the same type of performance as they 'might' have gotten from the 37,600 dollar model....if not where might the performance differences be acceptable??? After all if the 6,900 dollar thingee performed as well as the 37,600 dollar thingee......... why spring for the extra 30,700 dollars??? If this same customer were to be buying an automobile in the same price ranges the choice might be between a Kia coupe and a Cadillac Sedan DeVille. Does any one of us truly expect the performance from a Kia Coupe to match the performance of a DeVille????? The handling?? The comfort?? The safety?? The roominess?? The luxury features???........... All that is really the same for these two autos is that they are both transportation and they both will get the passenger there and back. Isn't the same true of the two pianos....... ? Considering moderately well conditioned instruments... don't both pianos make noise?................Should every piano perform up to DeVille standards and yet cost only as much as a Kia??? So back to "minimally acceptable standards" for pianos...what are they? Jim Bryant (FL) p.s. by the way that 37,600 piano also has trouble with lots of false beats and a less than spectacular "killer octave" section except on the rare instrument. :-)
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