----- Original Message ----- From: Graeme Harvey <gharvey@netsource.co.nz> To: Pianotech@Ptg.Org <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 2:45 PM Subject: strange request > Hello all, > > I've been invited onto a group seeking to raise funds to replace a concert > grand in our local community. > We're setting various levels of donation with terms like "String" " white > key" "black key" etc for increasingly large and generous sums. > We're looking for a suitable term for the top level doners, something that > describes those keen on pianos and associated music. Piano buff's, > pianophile's etc don't quite sound right. > > Can any of you among the collective piano consciousness on this list help > out here? > > Many thanks, > > Graeme Harvey > New Plymouth > New Zealand > Too bad it's not an organ you're trying to buy; they could be "organ donors". Let's see, ah . . . keyboard connoisseurs, keyboard curators, piano lov... How 'bout terms like pianissimo, piano, mezzo-forte, forte, fortissimo or one octave, two octaves, .... seven octaves, 88'er. Or baby grand, parlor grand, conservatory grand, concert grand, nah .... How 'bout etude, prelude, sonatina, sonata, fantasia, concerto, virtuoso? --Dave N.
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