<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="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)">  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple id="role_body" = bottomMargin=7 leftmargin=7 topmargin=7 rightMargin=7> <div class=Section1> Wim:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> It’s possible that when this piano was selected it was = indeed the best one there.  I’ve had that happen.  A wonderful = pianist picked out the best one there, but compared with real pianos it was a dog.  It stayed on our concert stage for 7 years before it got a retirement party.  It’s now in a studio.  = <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> This brings up one of the caveats that I mention to anyone going = to select a piano.  Most of the time they are concert artists who make = the selections.  I see two problems with this.  1]  Unless = they are technically sophisticated or have excellent baloney detectors, they =  don’t know what can be done with problems.  If they notice a dead killer = octave, a salesman will say that “that’s just a minor voicing problem.  We’ll take care of that before it’s shipped = out.”  NOT!  2]  Their routine in their professional life = requires them to choose pianos all the time.  When they do a concert they frequently have their choice of 2 or 3 pianos.  The fact is, they = have to choose the best one, or the least bad one, but they have to choose one = to do the program.  There is the tendency to do that in selecting a new = one also, where a better choice might be to wait for something better rather than = choose the least-bad piano.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> dave<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 Wimblees@aol.com Sent: Friday, January 14, = 2005 11:58 AM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] 2 D's revisited.<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> In a message dated 1/14/05 = 10:16:47 A.M. Central Standard Time, jtanner@mozart.sc.edu = writes:<o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue = 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> On Thursday, January 13, 2005, at = 12:44 PM, Wimblees@aol.com wrote: >  I don't have the thick skin Fred has, so this is becoming a = personal > challenge. > Wim, Who picked out this piano? Jeff<o:p></o:p> </blockquote> </div> <div> Our former chair, who is a = concert pianist. One of the other piano faculty wanted to go, but the chair had = the final say. The chair is gone, so now I'm left with trying to get this = piano to sound better. Maybe it's sour grapes, considering the chair was not = liked by the other piano faculty. <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p>= </div> <div> Wim <o:p></o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>