Decadent piano design + Belgian weather considerations ;-)

[Philippe Errembault]

Hello Richard, 

> J'espère que vous appréciez la saison de Printemps. 

Thanks about your concern :-) ... 
J'aime toutes les saisons, mais franchement je ne suis pas très sensible au temps qu'il fait, si ce n'est que les 
saisons froides coûtent plus cher en chauffage et que pendant les saisons chaudes, j'ai toujours trop chaud... :-)
In Belgium, we are accustomed to have all seasons in the same day, but we note the day we had summer amongst
the rain days, to remember it the next year, Last year, for an example, summer was a tuesday or a wednesday... ;-)
Yes, I know, I'm largely exagerating, we do have "no rain" days, e.g. foggy days, snowy days, haily days, etc... :-]


(To all, back to subject) So, there is nothing about quality... 
I had the feeling that their was something pejorative in the word decadent...

Regards, 

Philippe Errembault

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  From: VOCE88 at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 1:39 PM
  Subject: Re: Decadent piano design (was : piano, piano-forte,forte-piano ...)


  Dear Philippe,

  J'espère que vous appréciez la saison de Printemps. 

  I think it refers to the elaboarate art cases that were popular a century ago and were best made by Erard, Gaveau, and Pleyel, IMHO.

  All the best,

  Richard Galassini
  Cunningham Piano Co.
  (215) 991-0834

  In a message dated 4/16/2006 5:12:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, phil.errembault at skynet.be writes:
    Hello Bob, 

    I have taken a look on this Cantos Museum website, and found the following sentence in the virtual gallery, in the desciption for "Sebastian Erard, Grand piano" : "The French were known for their decadent piano designs"... Does anyone have an idea why it is so ?

    regards,

    Philippe Errembault
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