Hi John You are most assuredly not alone. Thats the beauty of the diversity of the buisness. Personally, I am not fond of most of their smaller instruments either. There are a few exceptions tho. Still, regardless of my or your opinions.... hard to get around the fact that a vast majority deem their larger grands to yeild the best sound... for whatever reasons. I dont like thinking of others as fools simply because their tastes vary from mine, nor would I ever question their musical ability/talent because of that. Seems like erroneous thinking. Cheers RicB Hi Ric, >/ And it is Steinway specifically (curiously enough) and not the CC />/ board in general that bears the greatest brunt of this affront. / If I hadn't ever seen or heard a Steinway piano before joining this list I would have thought they were the worst pianos ever, and not just regarding soundboard issues! I would then have to conclude the pianists who like them are just fools/deceived and know nothing about pianos. I would then question their musical talent/ability. In the end I would have to say that pianists who like Steinways are bad musicians or at least good musicians who somehow don't know enough about what they do to notice they're playing on a bad instrument. :/-) / - John
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