The Frick Needs a New Piano -- Choices

[Quirt Evans]

A piano-related thread, very throwback.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/arts/music/frick-piano-jeremy-denk.html

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[Bernard]

I don't want to mention the name (to avoid spoiling it for others) but their choice did not surprise me, sadly. And I guess thinking outside the box (all three are Steinways) was too much for them.

[ShiroKuro]

@Bernard said in The Frick Needs a New Piano -- Choices:

all three are Steinways

What a missed opportunity!! What about a Bosie? Fazioli? Throw in a Yamaha CFX and a Shigeru Kawai....

Now that would be an interesting process, to choose from among such a wide range like that.

[Axtremus]

@Bernard said in The Frick Needs a New Piano -- Choices:

And I guess thinking outside the box (all three are Steinways) was too much for them.

Not sure if it's entirely because the buyer did not "think outside the box." It could be that no dealer/supplier of the other makes could afford or wanted to ship a piano there, set it up, prep it, and leave it there for a few months just for a shot of maybe making a sale.

[Mik]

I hardly think the narrow range was abusive.