<HTML> Listening to the same make of piano is interesting yes, fun for me at least...no. When I was taking my year long training at Yamaha, the final voicing exam was quite demanding, if not down right nerve racking. It involved three CF's, on a stage, one of which I had voiced. The piano was spiked (floor marked where the piano sat) then a pianist sat down, played five minutes of a particular piece, left the stage, curtain was closed, and sitting between two factory concert technicians, I had to evaluate the voicing on a scale of 1 to 3, (1 being very good on down to 3 being not to bad). The tricky part was having to do this 1/2 a dozen times in succession, each time the curtain opened, one did not know if you were listening to the same piano 6 times played by the same performer, or the 3 pianos moved back and forth at random. The idea was to learn, in part, what your style of tone regulating sounded like. If you failed to choose the piano you worked on, marking it low, you were required to spend much more time refining your technique. Only when you could distinguish your piano from the rest, with out question, over a period of one session a day for one week, were you given a passing grade. Also learned a little -trick- to "help" pianists pick the piano you would like them to use. Works most of the time, did at the Canadian Music Compitions...and Ester Hoenens. Bob</HTML>