pianoforte

[Ron Nossaman]

>The high-volume novelty eventually wore off as improvements were made to 
>the instrument and at the dawn of the 20th century teachers were once again 
>telling their students not to bang on it by saying: "Piano... play piano!".
>
>What do you think?
>
>                 John

Well, I for one like it... except for the minor conceptual and procedural
foul of sneaking in an all upper case diminutive.
Ron N