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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: buying a piano
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 20:01:07 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 14 20:01:07 1985
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> In article <4400@alice.UUCP> trickey@alice.UucP (Howard Trickey) writes:
> ...
> >Does anyone care to list brands of pianos in order of ascending
> >quality (or personal preference), and fair price if known?
> ...
> >Perhaps you should mail to me directly;  I'll summarize if there
> >is sufficient interest.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> I'm going to go ahead and post, for two reasons. First, EMAIL is
> sometimes unreliable. Second, I want to stir up some controversy on
> this newsgroup with my humble opinions.
> I am a pianist myself, and have definite preferences concerning pianos.
> 
> Now for the grands. I'll list them in order of quality, best first.
> 
> (#1) Bosendorfer - The Rolls Royce of pianos, unquestionably the best
> 	piano in the world. 

Just thought I'd throw in my two cents. On rather limited experience, I'd
say that Bosendorfers are unquestionably the best LOOKING pianos in the
world. Oh, they're pretty. However, I'm not convinced they SOUND enough
better than a rebuilt 20's Steinway to be worth the price difference.

It's worth noting that some professional pianists apparently don't care
for the Steinway action. That may be another reason why they go for the
Bosendorfer. 

Once again, "off the top of my head".

Are Bechsteins no longer made? 

					Jeff Winslow