<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Jim:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Our CFIIIS gets a lot of use even major artists.  Of course some of the Yamaha artists choose it, but other non affiliated or don’t-care-about-my-affiliation players do too.  The last two times Leon Fleisher was here he chose the CFIIIS.  Of course those that choose only by name before they arrive choose the Steinway.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> dp<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> David M. Porritt<o:p></o:p> <a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim Busby Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 11:45 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Chris,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Our head piano faculty frequently says “It’s a Steinway world”, for the same reason you stated (95% of concert halls). However, when left to pick their own practice room pianos many of the students choose the Kawais. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Oberlin has 200 plus Steinways and they claim that because of the “rebuildability” (is that a word?) of Steinways over other pianos in general, and because of the continually appreciating value of Steinways that they actually are money ahead by being an “All S&S school”. Of course most of this is salesman hyperbole, but your 95% point is the clincher for Steinway. It is rare that any major performers even ask to try out our Yamaha CF. They want the Steinways. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jim Busby<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Chris Solliday Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 5:25 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Pianos for piano performance majors<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div>  Hey Jim, Since over 95% of all concerts are performed on Steinways, oh maybe it's a little less, but certainly the great majority and the "great majority" (new scientific data term) of performing artists prefer Steinways, it only makes sense to practice on them as much as possible. Does it help to broaden one's horizons by working and concertizing on different instruments? Sure, but then there's reality, and that would be Steinways. Any arguments?? this should be fun.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Chris Solliday<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <o:p> </o:p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>