I wish they had sound files of the piano... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 4/12/2009 7:36:37 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Borgato pianos? >That is the weirdest piano I've ever seen. Even if there were some musical value to >this lower "pedalboard" piano, the design and look of it makes it look ridiculous. It >looks like a piano that just stepped out of a wading pool or sitzbath. >Even the Borgato website devotes most of the space on the website to rationalizing >the existence of this bastardization of a classic instrument by citing historical >references to pianos such as this in the past. There were a lot of wrong turns along >the way; that doesn't mean recreating one has any validity today. >What's next from Borgato? The Giraffe Vertical? >I'm sure I'll get flamed for this---I'm just poking fun. It may very well be an excellent >instrument. I'm just amused by the very thought of it, let alone the pictures. >Thanks for sharing them. >Could this website have launched on April 1st? >Tom Sivak >Chicago >--- On Sun, 4/12/09, Gregor _ <karlkaputt at hotmail.com> wrote: >> From: Gregor _ <karlkaputt at hotmail.com> >> Subject: [pianotech] Borgato pianos? >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 8:59 AM >> List, >> >> ever heard of these grand piano with or without pedals? >> Looks like a strange freak show: >> >> http://www.borgato.it/main_uk.htm >> >> It has 4 strings per key in the treble and some other >> inovations that I don´t understand, e.g. striking attack >> resonators. And it costs a lot of money: 168.00 Euro for the >> grand and 248.500 Euro for the double grand with pedals. >> Wow! >> >> Gregor >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with >> Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! >> >http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&m >kt=en-us
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