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On 19-jan-05, at 17:54, Don wrote:

> Hi André,
>
> Please find me two brand new NY Steinways that sound the identical. 
> Then
> I'll choose the one I like better? *grin*.
>
> If offered two pianos I'd try them both--and pick the one I liked 
> better.
> I'd prefer not to know the brand or the age.
>
> Only if I had to pick sight unseen would the age of an instrument 
> become a
> factor.
>
> Wood is a funny material. No two pieces are the same. I think everyone
> would agree that the makers from 100 years ago had more good wood to 
> choose
> from--and perhaps no wood today is as good as the very best from 100 
> years
> ago.
>
> At 07:40 PM 19/01/2005 +0100, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have posed this question before :
>>>>
>>>> If you had the choice : you can get a brand new Steinway D and you
>>>> can get a hundred year old Steinway D...
>>>> What would be your choice?
>>>>
>>>> André Oorebeek
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
>
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friendly greetings
from
André Oorebeek

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