Wapin promotion

[David ilvedson]

My God, I wouldn't put much in one review.

David I.

From:           	Stephen Birkett <birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca>
Subject:        	Wapin promotion
To:             	pianotech@ptg.org
Date sent:      	Tue, 15 Feb 2000 23:11:51 EST
Send reply to:  	pianotech@ptg.org

> I have a question that relates to the promotional aspects. Perhaps Bill or
> someone else can fill in some information. On antoher list the subject of
> Wapin came up in a negative way - this is a piano performance list (not
> piano technical). Someone there had been sent a promotional CD from the
> Cincinnati folks, with pianist Richard Morris playing a Wapinized piano.
> Now this guy that got the CD is pianist and a national critic and he gave
> an incredibly bad review of the musical aspects of the playing. Then he
> went on to say he found the sound of the piano abominable.[I haven't heard
> the CD and no nothing about the pianist so cannot comment personally.] So
> it seems this CD is a negative promotional device so why is it being
> distributed? The reviewer has no vested interest here and didn't even know
> anything about Wapin when he formed his opinions of the piano sound. 
> Extrapolating, I'm wondering is this CD representative of the Wapin sound
> or is it a dud (like the piano at the convention)? 
> 
> Stephen
> 
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> 
> 


David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net