Don and List, No, for the first time since 1981, Pris and I were not at the Van Cliburn Competition. They are "watching their pennies" as the Exec. Director told me and "could not afford" to bring someone from out of town to service the Foundation's Steinways (2 American Steinways, 1 Hamburg Steinway). As a matter of fact, the Foundation's pianos were not even on stage. The pianos used were 1 American and 1 Hamburg provided by Steinway-New York and 1 Yamaha Concert Grand provided by Yamaha. I presume that technicians from those companies provided the service. We have two Summer Music Festivals to cover this month and our cat is grateful that we were not gone for the extended amount of time the Cliburn demands. Since this is a technical forum, I guess my contribution is that I can't provide any technical (or artistic) insights into this year's Competition. Joel Rappaport Round Rock, Texas DMCKECH wrote: > > Now that the Van Cliburn is over, I wonder if anyone knows which company > won the piano war. (Were you there Joel?) Just curious. > > Congratulations to John Nakamatsu. I just heard his Rocky 3 on NPR. Most > impressive. It was difficult to tell what piano he was playing on my old > stereo in the shop, but my guess is Steinway. > > Don McKechnie > Ithaca College > dmckech@ithaca.edu
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