<HTML>    Ed-     -I know just what you mean and I love that sound .  = I know it isn't for everbody but a piano player can sure do alot with it, as= well I guess, as the engineers.         Regards-- Dale It was the mellowest Yamaha I ever <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-L= EFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5= px">heard, but if I leaned on it, it would still be bright.  It was the= ppp that surprised me.  I still had some high-end in there and though warm, it s= till had  definition. As I increased the play, it brightened up with a lot o= f predictibility.  On FFF it still hinted at being crashy.    Listening to this piano on the radio that afternoon(live broadcast), = I was amazed how bright it sounded, and the engineer told me that they were <B= R> recording it totally flat.  I found that hard to believe, but I will se= e this piano again next week, so time will tell. Regards,   Ed Foote RPT www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>