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I would agree, but if that's the sound one prefers for a particular type of music, then something you and I might prefer might not be acceptable. (Personally, I'd rather hear the same music on an Overs 225.)

I'm curious how much one has to spend for the Nordiska 215 to start getting into the realm of what I consider a more versatile tone (if the recordings are any real indicator--never a good bet). I'm not in the market, but just curious how much a Chinese 7-footer with acceptable tone costs compared to the more common sub-sixes we see in much larger numbers. The smaller Chinese models sound much like the smaller (mostly defunct) American models with their own various awkward compromises of scale that were also "a dime a dozen".

Someone said above that the 215 might be mistaken for a larger piano. I think that overstated the case. It sounds like a decent 7-footer, but not something more. I doubt if many of us living with 9-footers would think it sounded like more than what it is--decent enough to be interesting and have some potential--for the price.

Personally, I've had the same reaction to the major Japanese lines over the years, disliking intensely the tonality of the smaller sizes and finding they get better at the 7ish range (but don't get what I'd call exceptional, but rather just a good "average"--which is entirely appropriate, given their price relative to the price of those that are truly "exceptional").

hv,

Sorry I missed the info contained on the JPG. Did click the link, but when the image came up, I realized that I'd clicked an image link rather than the MP3 that I'd intended to, and bounced right back to your post, to get the MP3.

Reminds me of an interesting story I heard which illustrates just how subjective the relative merits of living with a 9-footer can be. I was involved with a conference about 10 or 15 years ago at a place called Westfields down in Chantilly, VA and brought the wife in to play one of the most gorgeous Bosendorfer Imperials I've ever seen. Set near the railing on the 2nd story of a 3-story circular atrium about 35 yards across. Sorry, no recording. When talking with one of the managers I enquired how he came to have such an instrument. The rest of the place being populated mostly with Sojuns. Said it was special ordered from Bosendorfer by Dudley Moore who, shortly after getting it, decided it was just too much for his living room. And promptly sold it at auction. Mid $60's, btw.

Howard

I think Moore would have been better served by taking the time to work on his pianissimo skills and keeping the broader dynamic range of the Imperial. A 9-footer is not too much for a home, but it well may be too much for a player who can't adapt his skills.

Ha, ha. Occupational hazard. Being so busy playing with orchestras all over the world that maybe he had no time to practice? But he seemed none the worse for it in a broadcast I remember seeing of him doing a Hollywood Bowl performance with the LA Philharmonic.

Howard