Steinway S

[Avery]

But it wouldn't be a "Steinway"! :-D

Avery

At 08:57 AM 5/31/2006, you wrote:
>  I've seen some nice Steinway S's, but I've seen some dogs, too.  I 
> saw a nice one a couple of weeks ago, though it hadn't been tuned 
> in several years.  Which led me to theorize that there is more than 
> a small percentage of people who buy these for the name rather than 
> for intrinsic musical value.
>
>Not a bad piano, by any means, but as Tom suggests, one could get an 
>Kawai or other brand 6 1/2 or 7 foot piano for less money.
>
>Dave Stahl
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TOM DRISCOLL <tomtuner at verizon.net>
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Wed, 31 May 2006 06:45:17 -0400
>Subject: Re: Steinway S
>
>Not annoyed---Just surprised!
>   A question comes to mind though. --Why would they spend that kind 
> of money on such a small piano? Three Kawai's would make more sense 
> to me ,but hey it wasn't my money!
>   Tom Driscoll
>
>Subject: Steinway S
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I thought I'd annoy everyone and make a positive comment about a 
> (gasp!) > Steinway that I came across a couple of weeks ago at a 
> University. It was > a model S, probably a year or 2 old.
> >
> > I was extremely impressed. It's the only S I've ever come across 
> so I > don't know if it was a good example of that model in 
> general, but it was > the best sounding piano I've heard in that 
> size by a long shot.
> >
> > - John
> >
>!