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<br>
Allen, et al,<br>
<br>
At the risk of offense, using any kind of electronic "thingy"
back there is asking<br>
for ridicule and trouble.<br>
<br>
While I _totally_ agree with _at least_ 8 sec. sustain, that level of
reductive<br>
analysis is simply misunderstood by too many technicians, let alone
pianists,<br>
let alone sales folk. There are too many other variables.
Yes, we are all <br>
aware of them, but would one willingly want to introduce all that
<i>mischagas<br>
</i>into what is already a pretty thick stew?<br>
<br>
Point - I remember an incident, now sufficiently ancient so as to
avoid<br>
identification, in which a very well known technician went along on such
a trip,<br>
and, looking for crown (in all the right places), found none, or zero,
on<br>
over a dozen instruments. By the time the engineers, technicians
and sales<br>
denizens got through, the poor schmuck had practically no credibility
with<br>
his faculty any more. (No, it wasn't me - but, it might have
been.)<br>
<br>
So - My money is on reading a good book, over Latté and
cheesecake...Perhaps<br>
a (noon-time) stroll through Central Park.<br>
<br>
Hmmm - now that I think of it, if, having left the Hall, you turn left,
and then,<br>
left again at the first corner (Wolff's Deli), about 2 or 3 doors down,
you will<br>
find very first rate Chinese. <br>
<br>
See - you don't have to waste all that time on three-legged
Steinways.<br>
<br>
Regards!<br>
<br>
Horace<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
At 02:53 PM 2/10/1999 -0500, you wrote:<br>
> Reply to:
RE>>NY selection<br>
><br>
>Thanks Horace (and others),<br>
><br>
>My mission becomes clearer: good sustain, no lemons! (but good
cheesecake), <br>
>bookstores, and most important of all - veto power. <br>
><br>
>Allen<br>
><br>
<br>
<div>Horace Greeley, CNA, MCP, RPT</div>
<div>Systems Analyst/Engineer</div>
<div>Controller's Office</div>
<div>Stanford University</div>
<div>email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu</div>
<div>voice mail: 650.725.9062</div>
fax: 650.725.8014
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