..this should be the final word, but it won't be..

[Phil Bondi]

> I don't care what checks he uses, how he mutes the piano, what hammer
> technique or whether he thumps or not.  The results speak for themselves.
> Isn't the goal of our profession to prepare instruments which are
> "transparent", i.e. when we listen to an artist play, we hear the music, not
> the piano?
>
..thank you, Conrad.