[CAUT] Tone "contrast"; Was - The "new" S&S Hammers.

[Ed Sutton]

Fred-

I agree with this.  It is the pianos in the homes and studios that can draw 
people to fall in love with pianos and piano music.
In my humble world view, the most remarkable piano in Kansas City was the 
Fandrich vertical. Per dollar spent and square foot occupied, it delivers 
more expression than any other piano on the balcony.  I felt that more than 
any other piano there, if it were adopted as an industry standard it could 
produce a new generation of piano players, because thousands of people could 
afford it.

Ed Sutton


>    I _will_ say that I think it is a shame we focus so much attention, 
> both
> as an industry and as technicians, on the concert grand in the large hall
> playing with an orchestra. That is, IMO, the most artificial and unnatural
> place for a piano. It can be glorious, but striving for that ideal has led
> us to tastes and designs that I think are destructive to the instrument
> itself, and to the likelihood of future generations of children falling in
> love with it.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
>
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