On Nov 22, 2008, at 9:31 PM, Andrew Anderson wrote: > I have noted that people who are accustomed to the Steinway touch > and response are intimidated by a highly responsive high-end piano. I'd say that would depend on how the Steinway is set up. A Steinway can be just as highly responsive as any, in my experience, or more so. I've certainly run across "sluggish and dull" ones, but they typically hadn't been prepped by someone who had chops, or they had purposely been made "mellow" in response to customer request. Whenever I go to a convention, I tend to prefer the German pianos on the whole. A lot of it is prep, though there are certainly other factors. (The Steinways on display tend to suffer by comparison, but usually they are simply hauled in from the local dealer, rather than specially prepped). I agree, the Sauter is a great instrument, one that I would tend to favor if it was available in my area. I have also loved the Steingraebers, and some of the Schimmels and Seilers. And Masons and Shigerus as well. Even so, I can't say I would feel handicapped if I had never played on one of those. Just inspired when I run across one. And one that has been neglected and allowed to deteriorate will be as bad as any bad piano. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu
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