<DIV>Thanks Ryan for understanding my point.  It is a great pleasure to play on a grand (Kawai), but when that pleasure turns into an upcoming piano competition, you gotta do more than cater yourself soley to the fine instruments that may be available.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Ryan Sowers <pianorye@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV> <DIV>This is actually an intriguing topic. Your little resume does lend to the credibility of your post, Matthew. It seems that you are saying that a "crappy piano" has some advantage due to the fact that you have to work harder to get the sound you want. Then when you transition to a fine instrument you feel like superman. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Maybe someone should invent a piano "crapitizer" where you can push a lever and your fine grand can suddenly play and sound like the green piano in Aunt Gertrude's garage! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I still feel that when my parents made the stretch and bought a new Kawai grand when I was 9 years old that it changed my life for the better. I feel the same way about my Fandrich & Sons upright. I get so much more pleasure for my time spent at the keyboard than if I had a lesser instrument. </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Matthew Todd <pianotech88@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>Well Don, during my concert days, I learned an entire piano concerto on a crappy piano...learned, memorized and perfected all the technique involved in four months.  I later went on to win "Young Artist of the Year" here in WA, and played the concerto with the Southwest Washington Symphony, and later again with the Oregon Symphony.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As far as documentation, I could send you the newspaper articles, and perhaps a CD of the performance, but I doubt it'd be worth it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi Matthew,<BR><BR>Provide us with documented proof. Thanks.<BR><BR>At 03:52 PM 24/09/2004 -0700, you wrote:<BR>>Hi Avery,<BR><BR>>Just because what I said IS true, still doesn't mean that every university<BR>and <BR>>piano teacher in the world would do away with their Steinway's and get Hinze <BR>>uprights. Please take into consideration that I never meant someone<BR>should always <BR>>practice on an old upright and never on any good grand. I do know that if<BR>that <BR>>university professor or piano teacher is any good, they do stress that all <BR>>important fact. It is never wise to use your practice time solely on a<BR>great <BR>>instrument that does most of the work for you. You NEVER learn real<BR>technique <BR>>that way.<BR><BR>>Do you want piano lessons too?<BR><BR>>Matthew<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.<BR><BR>mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/<BR><BR>3004 Grant Rd.<BR>REGINA, SK<BR>S4S 5G7<BR>306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/100/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">New and Improved Yahoo! Mail</A> - 100MB free storage!</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter<BR>Pianova Piano Service<BR>Olympia, WA <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/50x/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">Yahoo! Mail</A> - 50x more storage than other providers!</BLOCKQUOTE><p> <hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/10/*http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">New and Improved Yahoo! Mail</a> - Send 10MB messages!