We once rebuilt (and redesigned) a Bush & Lane grand leaving off all references to the original manufacturers name. For a long time I refused to tell anyone who had originally built the piano. I was not surprised -- read "suspicions confirmed" -- at how many technicians and musicians were unwilling to give an opinion of the piano's performance without knowing the brand name. For a while I had fun telling folks it had started life as a Kimball. Many were still unwilling to make a commitment -- they wanted to like it but it was, after all, a Kimball. And we all know it's not permitted to actually "like" a Kimball grand. Then for a while I fessed up and told folks it started life as a Bush & Lane. Now, suddenly, everybody liked the piano. Same piano, of course, just a different name It was ultimately sold to a piano teacher who didn't care what the brand name was -- she was enchanted by the way the piano played, sounded and looked. My kind of customer. ddf | -----Original Message----- | From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org | [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman | Sent: July 02, 2008 1:01 PM | To: Pianotech List | Subject: Re: Violin wood | | | > Sometimes I wonder if beauty might be most vividly beheld | through the | > ear of the mythmaker. | > | > ddf | | Sometimes? But then it's always interesting to try to get an | impression of what's being heard (violin, piano, whatever) | before the author of the impression knows what it is. | | Ron N |
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