The cork line was a joke referring to the wine analogy, not meant to be taken literally or personally. There is applicable science to this area which ought to be employed whenever possible. The variables that effect people's preference for new or old cannot easily be isolated, and that includes a psychological factor. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Richard Brekne Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 1:26 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: poxy on soundboards and seminar in Bruxelles 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 > > > _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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