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<DIV>The real shame is that manufacturers don't make an upright piano =
that has
an action that gives the same responses as a grand piano's action.</DIV>
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<DIV>This is possible by several ways but it has not been adopted for =
financial
reasons only.</DIV>
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<DIV>The benifit to the teacher and the student would be enormous.</DIV>
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<DIV>How many of you have heard the average music teacher say 'lift your =
fingers
of the keys' then heard the master class professonal say 'keep your =
fingers on
the keys'.</DIV>
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<DIV>Personally, I am one of those piano tuners who can't play. But, I =
know a
good upright can be regulated (short term) well enough for a good =
pianist to
play almost anything. But for the student who is learning to =
use
expression with repetition, well, on the average upright it is very =
difficult,
particularly if you lift your fingers off the keys.</DIV>
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<DIV>So, when are manufacturers going to change ?.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tony Caught <A
href="mailto:caute@accessnt.com.au">caute@accessnt.com.au</A></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>>Don wrote--<BR><BR>>-- snip =
--<BR>><BR>><BR>>> I
think it is a shame that teachers don't purchase grand pianos and
let<BR>>> their students use them. They get to write off the =
instrument so
it costs<BR>>> them...nothing!<BR>><BR>>-- big snip
--<BR>><BR>>Don:<BR>><BR>>I've got to find out who your tax =
man
is! This is great! While a teacher<BR>>may get to deduct =
the cost
of the piano from their income, they still have<BR>>to pay for the
piano. The deduction will save them the tax on it, but =
not<BR>>the
purchase
price.<BR>><BR>>dave<BR>><BR>>_______________________________=
________<BR>>David
M. Porritt, RPT<BR>>Meadows School of the Arts<BR>>Southern =
Methodist
University<BR>>Dallas, TX 75275<BR>><A
href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">dporritt@mail.smu.edu</A><BR>>__=
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