Fickle pianists was : Action weights and "concert pianist" advice

[Richard Brekne]

Grin... I second the hold on bit... I hadn't intended the Fickle 
pianists thing to unwarranted turn into (immediately like) another one 
of those anti you-know-who threads.
There is no doubt a bit of the Fickle pianist syndrome in just about 
everything do to pianowise to be sure... but to what degree S&S deserves 
the rap seemingly insinuated or not is another discussion entirely.  
I've read just about everyones hype and <<they>> are no more guilty then 
other... less then quite a few actually. Uncomfortable truths.

Like it or not pals... S&S and their <<sound>> have hit upon that 
complex combination of many <<somethings>> INCLUDING a damned good 
instrument that has given them a market share so astounding in all human 
history its simply impossible to brush off with this or thats.

That said... pianists remain quite fickle... and their fickleness indeed 
does touch deep enough into the whole piano sound thingy.

Cheers
RicB


    Now hold on Terry. While I would agree that I haven't seen a new
    Steinway that has come from the factory that isn't in need of a
    regulating and voicing, I would like to address the differences from
    piano to piano in the past.