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<DIV> I've seen some nice Steinway S's, but I've seen some dogs, too. I saw a nice one a couple of weeks ago, though it hadn't been tuned in several years. Which led me to theorize that there is more than a small percentage of people who buy these for the name rather than for intrinsic musical value. </DIV>
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<DIV>Not a bad piano, by any means, but as Tom suggests, one could get an Kawai or other brand 6 1/2 or 7 foot piano for less money. </DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: TOM DRISCOLL <tomtuner@verizon.net><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Wed, 31 May 2006 06:45:17 -0400<BR>Subject: Re: Steinway S<BR><BR>
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<DIV class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_aff2b9df-8e49-4498-a58c-8d526289831a>Not annoyed---Just surprised! <BR> A question comes to mind though. --Why would they spend that kind of money on such a small piano? Three Kawai's would make more sense to me ,but hey it wasn't my money! <BR> Tom Driscoll <BR> <BR>Subject: Steinway S <BR> <BR>> Hi, <BR>> <BR>> I thought I'd annoy everyone and make a positive comment about a (gasp!) > Steinway that I came across a couple of weeks ago at a University. It was > a model S, probably a year or 2 old. <BR>> <BR>> I was extremely impressed. It's the only S I've ever come across so I > don't know if it was a good example of that model in general, but it was > the best sounding piano I've heard in that size by a long shot. <BR>> <BR>> - John <BR>> <BR></DIV><!-- end of AOLMsgPart_0_aff2b9df-8e49-4498-a58c-8d526289831a --></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>