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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Hi =
Stéphane,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Man , I like =
that!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Stéphane Collin" <</FONT><A =
href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>collin.s@skynet.be</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial =
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 6:34 =
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: 1865 Style 2
S&S</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT =
face=Arial
size=2>> I must second you in this, Ric.<BR>> <BR>> But when =
you say
"On the other hand, some might think that what it looses in <BR>> =
value as a
piano, it gains in value as an antique.... ", I definately <BR>> =
couldn't
help saying that an antique instrument, well restored, can be a <BR>> =
good
piano (I mean a good medium for an artist to output his poetry).<BR>> =
I hear
you all thinking "oh my ! here he comes again !"<BR>> Just wanted to =
remind
(sure, everyone knows that) that all the nice and <BR>> durable music =
for
piano written before the late Franz Liszt was written on <BR>> such
instruments here called antiques. I just can't believe that such a =
<BR>> great piano genius (I mean someone who proved to understand soo =
deeply
how <BR>> to make a good vibration out of it) as Chopin was, would =
have been
satisfied <BR>> with a poor instrument (or even could have developped =
his
exceptional <BR>> ability without it). And when I hear a good =
1840
Pleyel nicely and <BR>> respectfully restored, I get confirmation =
that Chopin
was not dumb.<BR>> No, power of sound, speed of repetition, evenness =
of tone,
length of <BR>> sustain, etc. are not the only criteria for judging =
the
quality of an <BR>> instrument (to me at least, but who am I =
?). They
are just the qualities of <BR>> the standard instrument that we =
know.<BR>>
Bloody standardization ! Never will I exchange a well maturated =
and
<BR>> appropriatedly selected bordeaux wine for a coke.<BR>> =
<BR>> When
I hear about redesigning a 1865 Steinway, I get the same feeling as if =
<BR>>
some promoter would upgrade a cathedral into a disco, replacing the =
stained
<BR>> glass by double glazing (for heating efficiency =
purposes). Still
impossible <BR>> in my country. For how long ?<BR>> <BR>> =
Stéphane Collin.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----- =
Original
Message ----- <BR>> From: "Richard Brekne" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>><BR>> To: "Pianotech" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>><BR>> Sent:
Wednesday, December 08, 2004 1:52 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: 1865 Style 2
S&S<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > On the other hand, some might =
think that
what it looses in value as a <BR>> > piano, it gains in value as =
an
antique.... Then there is the historic <BR>> > instrument market, =
and as
far as I can see, that is just going to get <BR>> > bigger and =
bigger as
we get closer to Galapagos.<BR>> ><BR>> > just a =
thought<BR>>
><BR>> > RicB<BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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