BTW, I'm not sure I agree with the notion that pianos are limited in their expressive range and must be either at one side of the continuum or the other. I go to a concert and hear a pianist play everything from the Mozart to Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev to the most delicate Debussy prelude on one piano. I don't see anyone suffocating. A well designed (and voiced) piano, in my view, is certainly capable of having a full expressive range from the most delicate pianissimo to a full orchestral fortissimo. The upper end I suppose can be limited by size and bass power but otherwise I don't think you need one piano for Bach and something else for Lizst. I've heard concert grands in small living rooms that are voiced for the venue and function just fine. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com What venue(s) are the instruments designed for? What types of music, as my experience of "full expressive range" always means, when push comes to shove, bloody Lizst and Rachmaninoff (and then I have to leave the room). In many ways Mozart, Bach and lots of Jazz, music conceived for small venues, or popular music, very well suffocate under this targeted late romantic "full expressive range". Jim Ialeggio
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