hey, what do you do with ARTISTS that DO think SOME older pianos are simply BETTER instruments for their play to come out ? Want me to name some ? Now, pianists is a strange piece of cake. If their teacher tells them S$S is good for them, they do believe it, even if they NEVER tried some alternative. Same if some 19th century music teacher tells that Erard is THE piano, all his pupils will buy exclusively Erard pianos. But still, if so many pianists chose for a less than 5 years old Steinway piano, in my opinion, it is for some commercial issue (They would simply have to pay more for another instrument). Do you remember the case of Glenn Gould, playing for much more than 5 years the same Steinway instrument ? And Frans Mohr telling : "it is now time to do a total overhaul", and after the overhaul happened, Gould said : "This is not my piano anymore : you spoiled it !" And he switched to Yamaha. I have that (small) experience that years (more than 5) are good for a piano. Don't you think ? Stéphane Collin. Topperpiano@aol.com a écrit : > Stephane, > > I'm sorry, I should have prefaced that statement with a disclaimer. > TONGUE HELD FIRMLY IN CHEEK!!! Meaning that A+B does not always equal > C. It merely means that S&S views the fact that the concert > instruments are under 5 years old as evidence that artists CHOOSE new > pianos over old. The fact is that in most markets the piano arrives, > that's the one they have to play. End of story. TP
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