Hi Barbara I'm a real believer in reporting as you hear/see/are told it. Seems to me one has a lot more to gain on that road then any other. I'd be interested in hearing just how blind a test this was. Alexander Galembo has actually done a lot of testing along these lines under controlled situations. One of his more interesting results is that most folks cant tell the difference between one piano and another (assuming some basic size and type similarities) from more then 20 or so meters distance... At least I believe thats correct. I had some time with his manuscript on Saturday... Great stuff. Cheers RicB --------------- Hi Ric, Interesting. I friend of mine, who shall remain anonymous, told me that the un-lacquered type hammers (over here) won't do for orchestral pianos. His university had a well known person hang a set of well known hammers and it was of everyone's opinion (who heard the pianos), that the piano without the NY Steinway hammers just didn't cut it with an orchestra. Well, I wasn't there, but I can imagine that other factors could make a difference, too (besides hammers). Just reporting what I was told. :-) Barbara Richmond, RPT
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