John Musselwhite wrote: > >Jimeness there John, I know a few car rebuilders that would very much take > >issue with that. They will go on for hours and hours telling you about all > >the non-stock modifications and not one of them would simply say the car is > >what it says on the chasis. Rather.. if asked directly they would say > >something like, "yeah the chasis is a VW, but the rest is mine! " And they > >would say so with pride. > > I was thinking more along the lines of a race car put on display after the > driver had passed on... for example, if Dale Earnhart's car went on tour > without him it may very well have new tires and a different engine, but it > would still be "his" car. > > John Hmmm... well of course I see your point. And sure for lots of folks thats just fine. But back to the origional issue. I am sure the same is true of the Horowitz piano. Many folks couldnt care less about whether it sounded this way or that, or played this way or that. They are just happy at the chance to put their fingers on the same keys that he did, sit in front of the same keyboard as he...etc. Yet for those who were really interested in the man, and how he made music.... this something is lost me thinks. And personally, I think it would have been a good thing had it been maintained. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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