Lang Lang's Red Piano - Which list? Ultimately OT

[Garret Traylor]

Perhaps piggybacking Yamaha's "Elton John" Red Pianos....

Garret 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of J Patrick Draine
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:12 AM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Lang Lang's Red Piano - Which list? Ultimately OT

 

David,

I don't quite understand your question regarding the "morality of the color
Red".  

Why the color red? Possible answers: Flamboyance? Attention grabbing?
Piggybacking on the U2 - red iPod that donates 10% of the sale to (I think)
AIDs research (or some such Worthy Cause)?

 

And then there's cultural differences in color identification, art, and
furniture taste. Red, one of the "Five Phases" (aka Five Elements) in
Chinese philosophy/religion since the Han Dynasty (~200 BC - 200 AD).
Cinnabar, associated with alchemical quests by Taoists for eternal life,
etc. 

I'm sure there are billions of eyes/minds who would see it as just dandy in
a huge room, with massive red dyed leather furniture, red lacquer tables,
oxblood red ceramic pieces, red silk hangings. etc. etc. And there's
probably several thousand Chinese millionaires and billionaires who may be
tempted to make the purchase ... just because they can.  

What did you think of the Hailun piano case that Frank Emerson posted
several weeks ago? I usually find art case pianos rather ugly in photographs
but stunning person.

 

Just rambling back at you,

Patrick Draine

 

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:28 AM, David Skolnik <davidskolnik at optonline.net>
wrote:



So, what should we do with a red Steinway D?

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