Fickle pianists was : Action weights and "concert pianist" advice

[Farrell]

That's it! That's it! You've got it! You've read the brochure! You've read 
the web site! You've heard the sales pitch!

"Our pianos don't have defects, rather they have personalities!" "Our pianos 
are not inconsistent, rather they are all unique!"

Yes, yes, that's it!!!!!!

Anon

----- Original Message ----- 
> As a follow-up to Ric's experience, I've always maintained that the 
> sure-fire cure all to action, voicing & tuning problems is to replace the 
> fallboard with a new one with a fresh 'Steinway & Sons' decal installed. 
> If it's a non-S&S piano, suddenly it's no longer 'harsh and tinny', it 
> becomes 'sintillating & resonant'. The action is no longer 'heavy', it 
> becomes 'firm'. Unisons are no longer 'wavering', they're 'colourful'.
> If it is a S&S piano, it now  has been updated with newer parts, and now 
> performs completely differently!
>
> Seriously, I have witnessed good piano players abandon a perfectly good C7 
> in favour of a seriously tired S&S D at a concerto competition practice a 
> few years ago, They all were unanimous in their praise of the D, as 
> miserable an instrument as it was.
> That helped me formulate my fallboard replacement theory as a repair 
> technique.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Kiddell RPT
> Edmonton , Canada
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