Sometimes the piano dosent matter as much as the music. The best artists work with what they have - I remember a story of lizt playing the 3 moonlinght moovements for a group fresh from a concert performance. Although he only had a small instrument, the lucky audience professed their preference to be him! I like those Scott Joplin original recordings, the ones which you can hardly tell whether he is playing a piano, or a mibrana for example. To sum up, although you may be dismayed that the music students could not tell if the piano was tuned or not, to them its the music that counts! Im sure if you asked them to pick the best of 2 pianos, they would pick the tuned. Just my opinion, Nathan
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