<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Best pianos ever made</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> on 2/12/03 3:09 AM, KENNETH FINLAYSON at kennyfin@jetstream.net wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> "a further comment is, and please don't everyone jump all over me, th= e piano has not been manufactured since the 1960's and by far the greatest an= d only real pianos of all time were made in the 1920's in this country and<BR= > only in this country." Sorry Armand, the best upright pianos ever made were during = the 20's, but made in Canada. Kenneth Finlayson, RPT </BLOCKQUOTE> i don't know why everyone is talking uprights and i never heard of any grea= t artists playing on Canadian pianos in the 1920's or any other time.  = I'm sure they would of if they were so good.  it just that no one would= be able to see the person playing a freaking upright at a concert, plus it = would block the view of the orchestra.  did you ever hear of one of tho= se?  what are you guys, 19 years old? i guess the great artists in this country missed out on canadian pianos too= .  it's too bad, i could only imagine how much better things would have= been in the field of music.  gee the concert was great, but you know, = i wish i could of seen the guys face.  uprights, consoles, and spinets,= were only made to increase sales being designed to fit in homes, just like = small grands, as the public was allowed to make more money in those days. &n= bsp;at first for years technicians refused to even tune the spinet when it f= irst came out. Armond, spelled with an "o". i guess Deb Rogers should have set out to buy a 1927 Canadian Upright inst= ead of the Steinway Grand she did buy, obviously from a questionable "p= iano dealer". Canada is for socialized medicine, not pianos. </BODY> </HTML>