<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/21/01 7:10:08 AM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">So there is the question. I don't play piano, so I don't have very good
<BR>direct input/thoughts on the subject. Is bigger necessarily better (similar
<BR>pianos otherwise), i.e. is a M&H BB a lot nicer piano than a model A for a
<BR>home studio use? She is a good player and continuing to take lessons - her
<BR>desire is to obtain a piano that sounds good and has an action, etc. that
<BR>will not limit her (and her student's) playing development.
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<BR>Any thoughts?
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<BR>When I had my Mason A for sale, a piano prof from a college said he liked
<BR>everything about the piano, except it just didn't have that 7' bass sound. I
<BR>am not a piano player either, but there is something about the bass sound of
<BR>a 7', that just can't be duplicated in anything shorter than that.
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<BR>Someone on the list made a similar comment. From about middle C, or there
<BR>about, there really isn't much difference in string length and sound between
<BR>a short piano, (5'6"), and a large grand. It is in the bass that bigger is
<BR>much better.
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<BR>Willem
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<BR>PS, I have a 7' Baldwin, all ready to go, with a very big bass sound, and a
<BR>terrific treble sound. I will deliver it free anywhere. Asking $25,000, but
<BR>will consider a good offer. </FONT></HTML>