All, I agree with Don, and he is not only a world class technician, but a fine pianist. The notion of "the size of the piano must be relative to the size room" cannot be the foremost justification for why we select a piano. Following that reasoning wouldn't we have 4' pianos for practice rooms and 12' pianos for 3000 seat halls? While I'm being a bit ridiculous, my point is that the smaller piano isn't the "same" as a full size grand, is it?? My clients that have 9' pianos along with other smaller sizes much prefer their 9' for recitals. (Granted, I only have a few clients with both.) Don's post is also my experience. Respectfully, Jim Busby BYU and Snow College In my opinion, it is always best to have a concert grand for a recital space, no matter how small. A well set up concert grand will have the control necessary to not overpower the room. If voiced and regulated appropriately, the full tone will give performers a much wider palette of sound to work with, and that range of tone from ppp to fff across the scale is what makes the pianist happy! I have serviced many concert grands in peoples living rooms, and they were wonderful when voiced appropriately. Don Mannino
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