This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment After reading so many messages about sounding boards over the= last few weeks, some observations: I'm jealous. Robin H. must get more than his share of wonderful= Steinways in the Dallas area because my experience doesn't match= his. I have concluded that the "good" ones come in clumps. We= have 29 Steinway grands at SMU some wonderful, some not so. = Eleven of these instruments were made in 1983 (SN 485xxx). They= have proved to be outstanding, durable, singing instruments. = Whatever they were doing in 1983, I wish they were still doing= it. Our best Steinway "D" is in that group and is exceptional. = We have 2 others from 1993 (a D & a B) that are not so= wonderful. The D was retired to a faculty studio in 2000. No= matter what was done to it, the instrument just wouldn't give= what was needed. If the piano were voiced to make it even, it= was powerless. If voiced to gain more power, the "'So called'= Killer Octave" was too obvious to ignore. In truth, it probably= wouldn't have been as obvious if the other piano in that recital= hall weren't so good. I'm grateful for the few people who will work to improve our= chosen profession. They do it in small shops, experiment with= their own money, and manufacture innovative designs in single= units. They share what they have learned with us and urge us to= do better work. For this, they get criticism of their ideas,= and insult to their motives. I hope they stick with their work,= and continue to contribute to this list. The Steinway founders= did the same thing building their instruments in their own home.= Without people like this we'd still be playing clavichords. I am impressed with the syllogistic rhetoric of the most frequent= contributor to this thread. Seldom is this level of idea= twisting seen, even in politics. I guess if you're going to do= something, you might as well do it well. dave __________________________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3c/11/4d/33/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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