<html> <body> Barbara, I may just send this to the chair of our piano department! :-) Avery At 07:20 PM 1/24/05, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> John,   Your post made me laugh, because I've experienced that a few times.  The most noticeable was when I was (new) on staff at a university.  I remember being absolutely horrified at a recital after having spent a lot of energy on voicing the instrument.  I said to the (piano) faculty member sitting next to me, "Man, I really thought the piano sounded better than that!"    "It's not the piano," was his reply.    "Oh..............good."   I still had my job.   :-)     Barbara Richmond     <dl> <dd>----- Original Message ----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:bjsilva001@comcast.net">Bec and John</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</a> <dd>Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 7:09 PM <dd>Subject: Re: Bozie sound <dd>Hi Joe, <dd>Or perhaps the Bosendorfer just revealed the "wannabe"-ness of this local concert artist! So many pianists have a terrible tone, including many well-known ones. That a performer may sound better on one piano vs. another is not necessarily a reflection on the capabilities of the piano. <dd>- John <dl> <dd><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Yup! They do make a lot of sound. Muddy, garbled noise IMO! Of course, that is just my opinion, which is based on several attempts by one of the local "wannabe" Concert artist, who insisted on Bozies and then had to deal with extremely bad reviews. The reviewer hated the sound as well. I agreed with him and still do.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily> <dd><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>One thing you need to take into consideration, most U.S. Concert Halls have poor, if not, Bad acoustics, compared to the ones in Europe.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily> <dd><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Best Regards,<?/smaller><?/fontfamily> <dd><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily> </dl> </dl></blockquote></body> </html>