I’ve been trying to come up with some examples of recordings where the non-Steinway piano is notated, AND it is a good representation of that makers sound. I have many Bosendorfer examples, mostly Garrick Ohlsson’s vast output. I have also found some bad examples, such as good piano sound but bad playing (no, not Garrick) and good playing but bad piano sound. In the case of Bosendorfer, if the right technician isn’t working on it, then it is not going to be a good representation of the Bosendorfer sound. I have found a recording of Garrick’s made on his rebuilt Mason & Hamlin (Prokofiev, Bartok, Webern, Barber) which, to my ear, does have a good representative Mason sound. Personally, I’m not crazy about the piano sound but I love the repertoire. I also recently acquired another recording that is the best of both…good piano playing and good piano sound. In this case,

Pending approval by the Yamaha board in late December. Then probably a couple months of closing. I’m not going to say much, except that I believe that Yamaha is purchasing Bosendorfer with the best of intentions for preserving an important name in the piano industry and helping them prosper. I believe they will be good stewards of the company.

We had our 2nd annual (so far) dealer meeting in Las Vegas the end of September at the Luxor. Overall, very fun and productive time. We went to the show La Rev which was simply unbelievable, as well as the buffet at Wynn, which was also unbelievable (sorry for the narrow range of adjectives). While we had some unfortunate last minute cancellations, one due to illness, it was a great group of core and some newer dealers. Lets just say the discussion was lively! The group above attended our optional Sunday session on CEUS…not, it’s not the whole group!