Franz Mohr

[Erwinspiano@aol.com]

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Hi Gregg
 I'm not sure Horace meant  anything as cryptically as you took  it. There 
are certainly great passions in yours all the subsequent responses  parts of  
which I both whole heartedly  agree with and also add a  different perspective. 
   What Horace says is really true that at the end of the day  we have to use 
our art to get whatever we can from whatever  we have to  work with. And 
fortunately I get my best raw materials from the Steinway  factory which without, 
I'd not be in business. So let them say what ever they  wish & we will know 
the difference.  In the end we can't & wont'  change there minds, much unless it 
translates into lost revenues. If our rebuilt  pianos get to be so famous for 
tone that no one wants the new one then  well....
   I    appreciate your passion words &  point of view.
  I also consider Franz Mohr a personal friend & colleague. He  once heard 
/played one of my new board Mason BBs and said "Please keep doing  this for not 
every one can get this result." Hmm this was a seriously rib  crowned board. 
Honestly the piano had room for improvement but The man does have  ears to 
hear. also a right to his opinion
  You said
  ". I have difficulty with the 
posturing that his  generation has made an instrument we all cherish the 
best it can ever be. In  my mind improvement is ALWAYS possible and desired."
    Agreed & we all no it
    Dale Erwin

best,
Greg

P.S. and not  once did I denigrate or call anyone any names ...
  No you didnt'



At 10:07 PM  6/23/2005, you wrote:
>At 06:41 PM 6/23/2005, you  wrote:
>
>>Heard him in Columbus, OH a while back. He lost me  after I asked him if 
>>there was any room for improvement for the  piano as a whole and he said 
>>no, the piano is now as good as it will  ever be (or something very close 
>>to that). I  left.
>
>Sorry that that was your experience.
>
>\\minor  rant\\
>
>FWIW, Franz is not only a product of his generation, he is  the last living 
>link to what used to be at Steinway.  Further, he  teaches in 
>parables...stories.  Even if they seem to be off target,  they carry a 
>point.  One simply has to be able to hear what is  being said.  Listen 
>carefully to what he says about working with  Horowitz and you will 
>discover the "secret" of the latter's  control.
>
>If one needs to hear endless reductive blather, then he  is simply not the 
>guy.  There are endless talking heads out there  with little to say who 
>take great pleasure in saying it at great  length.  When all of the 
>measuring and weighing and all the rest of  that stuff is over and done 
>with, the piano must still be a musical  instrument which speaks or the 
>whole exercise has been a massive waste  of time, energy and material.
>
>People forget that music and its  allied arts are just that - art.  At some 
>point, technique has  played its part and it is time to move on to what  
>matters...communication of the ineffable.  That certainly does not  mean 
>that the development of the piano (or anything else, for that  matter) has 
>to come to a close.  It does mean that we all need to  remember why it is 
>that we do what we do.
>
>\\end  rant\\
>
>Avery, if you make it to see him tomorrow, please give him  my 
>regards.  Also, please tell him that I am still using a "C"  fork...Thanks!
>
>Best.
>
>Horace
>
>
>
>>Greg
>>
>>
>>
>>At  09:35 PM 6/23/2005, you wrote:
>>>Don't hold your breath. It's a  S&S PR speach and not much more. Unless, 
>>>of course, if you  enjoy digging into S&S mythology......
>>>
>>>Nice  guy though. I did like him. However, I'm fairly content with my  
>>>religion. Just a bit much,  IMHO.
>>>
>>>Terry  Farrell
>>>
>>>>Just one of the good things about  living in a BIG city. Franz Mohr is 
>>>>going to  be
>>>>here tomorrow at the Steinway dealership. I "think" it's  just a talk 
>>>>kind of
>>>>thing but we're  supposed to get a copy of his book! I'm really looking  
>>>>forward
>>>>to it! Thankfully, I don't HAVE  to work tomorrow!  :-)
>>>>
>>>>Avery
>>>


 

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