---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I've been following the development of this action and Darrel Fandrich continues to refine the design. It really is an interesting option for someone who would like a grand piano but is concerned about adequate floor space. Charlie Albright, (http://tinyurl.com/5hred) recently chosen top young pianist by the Washington State Music Teacher's Association, performed a recital in our home on a Klima upright with the Fandrich Vertical Action. We opened up the piano (which makes a huge diference for uprights!) and it worked very well as a performance instrument. The audience loved to see the action functioning while he performed. Afterwards Charlie exclaimed "You can't compare this upright piano to other uprights!" “…the player of a Fandrich action has an exceptional amount of control over dynamics—including the ability to play softly (unusual for a vertical piano)—and the rapidity and evenness of touch of a good grand piano…on an upright.”-Larry Fine Joe Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> wrote: Avery said: "And there's a limit there because no vertical in the world, no matter how good it is (as far as I know) can begin to compare to a good grand in equally good condition! How can one develop control of repetition if there's no repetition adjustment? I could go on and on, but I won't. If one agrees with Matthew, I'm sorry! It just isn't true. As I said, Bull Hockey! :-)" Avery, Obviously, you've never played a Fandrich & Sons Piano, (or a Fandrich, for that matter). Every bit as good as a grand, in the repetition department. And, IMO far less susceptible to going out of regulation, then a grand. As for the Bull Hockey, let's quit with the touchy-feely, politically correct stuff and call it what you really meant: Bull Shit!<G> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Pianova Piano Service Olympia, WA --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cd/99/87/31/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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