NY selection

[Greg Newell]

Allen, Don and list,

        I feel compelled to add my 2 cents to this topic. I don't consider myself an expert but I would definitely take stock in the ring time test. I would not however use the spectrum analyzer as that really has no bearing on the possibilities that a piano can deliver but only the level it is at right now.  Think of this as an area of dealer
prep. Like a car that must be aligned, tires filled and balanced and other prep done before the sale, so too does the piano. Isn't the voicing to the piano really what we should be doing for our customer. I don't believe that buying a Steinway "D" ,or any other piano for that matter, is a "what you hear is what you get" proposition.  Just my 2
cents
                                                                            Greg Newell



Allen Wright wrote:

>         Reply to:   RE>>NY selection
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> Don,
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> Good point that, about sustain. Nice and simple, immediately understandable, and of obvious relevance to a pianist.
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> I'm not as sure about using my Cybertuner (pianalyzer) program, though - I wonder whether the graph would really convince them of anything? It might just seem like so much distracting hocus-pocus to them. But maybe not. I'll certainly think about that one. One would like to think that such a powerful tool might be of use in this situation.
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> Maybe I'll have something constructive to add after all.
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> thanks,    Allen