[pianotech] Was Steinway bashing... Best of the best??

[Allied PianoCraft]

Yes Will, I must agree. That piano blew me away in Vegas. The carbon soundboard was outstanding.

Al Guecia
AlliedPianoCraft.com
High Point, NC

On Jul 6, 2010, at 7:25 PM, "William Truitt" <surfdog at metrocast.net> wrote:

> Steingraeber would certainly be one.  One of the finest sounding and best made pianos in the world, with it’s own unique sound and boundless charms.  From a tiny maker who will never have the market presence or clout of Steinway.
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> Will Truitt
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Brian Trout
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 6:40 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Was Steinway bashing... Best of the best??
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> Interesting post, JD.
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> If I might turn the focus around, what have been the very best of the pianos you've heard?
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> >From the last post, the best of the group seems to be Kawai (which I don't necessarily disagree with).
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> I'd be interested in what others might think of as the "best of the best"...  before or after tweaking.
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> Brian
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> > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 22:37:55 +0100
> > To: pianotech at ptg.org
> > From: JD at Pianomaker.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway bashing
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> > Nevertheless the tonal characteristics of a "good" Steinway make it 
> > the best choice, I think, for any concert hall. I've never heard a 
> > good Yamaha, I hate the Bösendorfer. Kawai is a fine piano but their 
> > marketing hasn't been good enough. The Fazioli is beautifully made 
> > but seems to lack something in the sparkle department, etc. etc.
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> > The greatest shame is that for years and years nearly all the others 
> > have been taking the Steinway sound as the standard. It is only on 
> > the rare occasions that you hear music performed on a very different 
> > instrument that you realise that the Steinway sound is not the only 
> > possible flavour, and in many cases it is far from the most suitable. 
> > The great pianists of 100 years ago most certainly did not all prefer 
> > the Steinway, even when it was a lot better than it is today.
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> > JD
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