I think that pianos are like wine. If you like wine, generally you don’t like only a kind of wine, you drink many types. So a pianist should be more curious and try many pianos where it’s possible. Steinway, in one of its spot, says: 95% of pianists chooses our instruments! I think that standardization (even if an excellent standardization like Steinway pianos) is good for technology, not for art. So, even if it’s impossible buying many instruments, a pianist must try many pianos and must be curious!
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| by Garulf |
A pianist must be curious…….
December 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Tags: Pianos
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Wine wine… Kill me but I hardly note the difference between a 50€ and a 5€ bottle.
So I’ll take it with cars ok? So, 95% would choose a Ferrari if he had unlimited funds? Hmmm
Maybe that’s understandable, no?
But at the other side, no-one could negate that Garulf is right about the fact that a pianist should be curious and broaden his experience of the keyboard. A Ferrari is great but if you would never drive another car you would miss a lot of experiences.
So once more, our culture where you we are under pressure to be the best and use the best tools is really questionable. It’s great to have you pointing this out again with this thought about wines and pianos. I put your post in the category "pianos" but it probably belongs in the category "piano philosophy"
Cheers!
Ok Tiroirdelmare, your statement is accemtable. But I want to answer to you with another comparison. If you need to ride a motorcicle in a big street at 250 km at hours you choose Valentino Rossi Yamaha. If you need to ride in a little and uneven street probably your choice is a good off road (KTM for example). A Steinway is an incredible Vale Rossi Yamaha (Yamaha motorcicle, not piano!)…….
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