Well... heck... we are over into a purely subjective area. So tastes differ and thats just dandy. Wouldnt have it any other way. I know folks who hate modern pianos all together... prefering the sound of very old fortes... not even new copies. Who am I to tell another that their musical tastes need re-evalutating... or place any value judgjement at all on them. The cork is not in my ear, rather its in some folks openess to the fact that there are quite a few ways of skinning this cat and ending up with a fine musical instrument, and in accepting that those resulting differences are a matter of taste, not some emprical better or worse. I can agree with the last bit of your last statement to a degree tho.... from a qualitative point of view... yes its hard to judge whether a 64, 94, or 1894 are different. All, as you say... have their own charm. Cheers RicB David Love wrote: >While a discussion of vintage may apply to wine, it doesn't hold much in >my experience with Steinway pianos. You can have two pianos following >each other out of the factory that are very different in terms of >successful bellying and many other factors as well. Isn't that what >gives each piano its distinct personality? I have seen good and bad >Steinways in all years. When you pull the cork out of your ears and >take a listen, you will be hard pressed to tell whether it's a '64, '94, >or '34. I know, let's have a taste test! > >David Love >davidlovepianos@comcast.net > > >
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