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Local NPR Story on Steinway piano shopping #1203597 05/21/09 07:10 PM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,340 Massachusetts BeeLady OP 2000 Post Club Member
OP BeeLady 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,340 Massachusetts	Heard this nice story about the NEC shopping for a new Steinway for Jordan Hall. Classical pianists from the school traveled to Queens to audition 5 pianos. Next stop Hamburg. You can read or listen to the story here at WBUR Boston. BeeLady Life is like a roll of toilet paper...the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes!

Re: Local NPR Story on Steinway piano shopping BeeLady #1203950 05/22/09 11:12 AM
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sophial 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,546 US	Bee Lady, Thanks, that was fun to listen to. It really underscores the individuality of great pianos and also how differently pianists hear them and how they value different qualities in these instruments. It also points up how the "malleability" of the piano (the range of colors and sounds that a good pianist can produce with an instrument) is an important factor in selecting a concert instrument. I hope they post the visit to Hamburg as well! It's very cool that they plan to get one of each. Sophia

Re: Local NPR Story on Steinway piano shopping sophial #1203967 05/22/09 11:53 AM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 10 Atlanta, GA T tea-au Junior Member
tea-au Junior Member T Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 10 Atlanta, GA	Thank you for sharing Bee Lady. Lovely report. Regards, Tat

Re: Local NPR Story on Steinway piano shopping tea-au #1203990 05/22/09 12:19 PM
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Horowitzian 8000 Post Club Member Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 8,453	Nice story, and fun to listen to. I too hope they post the visit to Hamburg. Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons.