You do make a good point there. The Steinways I encounter locally are poorly prepped. I prepped a D for a local school here and when the dealer arrived with her tech, they told them not to touch the D. Andrew Anderson On Nov 22, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Fred Sturm wrote: > 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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