<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>That's wonderful Matthew. Just think where you might be today in = the world of music if you would have had a good piano to learn on! Kidding you a = bit here. Regards from a 68 year old who has been taking piano lesson for a couple = of years. Hows that for starting late! Of course I will go far! I have = a great piano! Rich </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Richard Oliver Snelson<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotech88@yahoo.com = href="mailto:pianotech88@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 24, = 2004 7:41 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: adequate = piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Well Don, during my concert days, I learned an entire piano = concerto on a crappy piano...learned, memorized and perfected all the technique = involved in four months.  I later went on to win "Young Artist of the Year" = here in WA, and played the concerto with the Southwest Washington Symphony, = and later again with the Oregon Symphony.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As far as documentation, I could send you the newspaper articles, = and perhaps a CD of the performance, but I doubt it'd be worth it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid">Hi Matthew,<BR><BR>Provide us with documented proof. Thanks.<BR><BR>At = 03:52 PM 24/09/2004 -0700, you wrote:<BR>>Hi Avery,<BR><BR>>Just = because what I said IS true, still doesn't mean that every university<BR>and = <BR>>piano teacher in the world would do away with their Steinway's and get = Hinze <BR>>uprights. Please take into consideration that I never meant someone<BR>should always <BR>>practice on an old upright and = never on any good grand. I do know that if<BR>that <BR>>university professor = or piano teacher is any good, they do stress that all <BR>>important fact. = It is never wise to use your practice time solely on a<BR>great = <BR>>instrument that does most of the work for you. You NEVER learn = real<BR>technique <BR>>that way.<BR><BR>>Do you want piano lessons too?<BR><BR>>Matthew<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Don Rose, B.Mus., = A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.<BR><BR>mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/<BR><BR>3004 Grant Rd.<BR>REGINA, = SK<BR>S4S 5G7<BR>306-352-3620 or = 1-888-29t-uner<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pian= otech list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/100/*http://promotions.ya= hoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">New and Improved Yahoo! Mail</A> - 100MB free = storage!</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>