"Schnebel"

[Robert B Edwardsen]

>Schnabel the pianist was GREATLY over-rated. My guess is that the same is
>true about pianos being sold under that name, too. Plus I'd be worried
>about the fact that whomever is producing the piano apparently can't even
>spell the name right! JMHO

Hi Les:
        
The only problem with Schnabel's playing is recordings that were filtered
and compressed in order to turn noisy old discs into a quiet inoffensive
product which totally distorted his playing creating a misleading impression
of Schnabel's pianism Check out the historical recordings on the Pearl label
and you'll hear that Schnabel playing was not sloppy and overpedaled.  


Rob Edwardsen
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