Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > By giving the instrument an excellent, smooth and dynamic mid-bass, tenor > and treble it will already offer more musical excitement than most of the > pianos offered in the 170 to 180 cm range. It doesn't really have to be the > most powerful, knock-your-socks off piano in the industry. Power isn't > everything. (As was illustrated by a performance of mostly Chopin I was > unfortunate enough to witness a couple of months back. The pianist was > pounding away at the poor piano with a ferocity that would have surely > demolished anything around in Chopin's day. Possibly because the piano -- a > well-known concert grand -- was simply incapable of anything resembling > musicality.) Besides !! you can always build a subwoofer like system to place it on. > > I remain adamant and unrepentant: the small piano is capable of good > musical performance. That they do not consistently deliver this should be > an embarrassment to our industry. > > Del > Well, I dont know about the embarrassment to the industry part.... but I agree about the small piano, grand or upright, being able to sound plenty allright... allright. :) Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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