<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi List</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We recently had a subject        = Piano Choice Thoughts please. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Different pianos were discussed, different tones, some suitable for = pre Beethoven music, some all round and so on.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I also am in a funny position where I should be giving advise but = have to be careful (ha ha) of how many toes I tread on.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thus, before I put foot in mouth, I have decided to get some facts = instead of relying on faulty memory.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bosendorfer hammer's strike on 1/7 of the string length and = Steinway's hammers strike on 1/8 of the string length.     True = or false.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Because the Bose strike point is 1/7th, this makes the tone more = suitable to playing with a string ensemble and in small halls and if played with = an orchestra, because the 7th partial is missing and the 8th more prominent = the Bose looses power.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is the story I read ? somewhere to explain why Steinways are = played with orchestras and Bosendorfers are not.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I understand that most pianists prefer a Bose as a piano to play as = a piano but when an Orchestra is involved, they often switch to other = brands.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Comments please.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tony Caught</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>