<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>In a message dated 1/10/05 11:32:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, davidlovepianos@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Until they read the reviews.<BR><BR>David Love<BR><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</A= > <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Are you kidding. Most critics don't know enough to make that judgement.= All they know is whether the piano player and the orchestra stayed together.</DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR><BR>...  generally a pianist doesnt really give a hoot w= hat the piano <BR>sounds like out in the hall, unless they are out there sitti= ng in it. <BR>Ok.. I sharpened the point a bit... but its not far from the truth.  A <BR>player has to feel the instrument has just the right presence on scene.<BR><BR>If he/she feels that,  then they are nearly= always satisifed and either <BR>dont consider the sound out, or just assum= e it must be ok.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>