At 01:00 PM 3/3/03, Del Fandrich wrote: <Big snip!> >By far the best Steinway D I've ever seen and heard was the Shigeru Kawai >concert grand I encountered at the Kawai N.A. headquarters building in So. >Calif. > >Del Hi Del, I also think the best Steinway D I've ever heard was the Shigeru Kawai at the PTG convention in Kansas City last year! I think that you meant to say "concert grand" where you wrote "Steinway D"! Aren't you glad I pointed this out in front of 600 people online! :-) This is meant to be a joke! Now here is my top ten list of pianos, limited to pianos I have actually tuned and serviced. Yamaha CFIIIS Steinway D Steinway B Yamaha C7 Kawai KG-7D Yamaha U3 (yes - one of my favorite pianos of all time is in a practice room) Yamaha C3 Baldwin SD Kawai RX-2 Baldwin F If I expanded the list to include pianos I have played on, I would include these pianos: Shigeru Kawai EX Schimmel (several different models) Fazioli (large grand) Seiler Fandrich upright Sauter Steingraeber & Sohne The above pianos I have played at PTG conventions. It is hard to hear when you have 15 people playing the piano all at once! Sincerely, David Vanderhoofven
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