Finally played on a Faz yesterday

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on November 22, 2015 at 14:24:46

The Oakland Youth Orchestra was having its annual concerto competition yesterday, and I was playing for four of the eleven competitors. They were all string players, except for one girl playing the Beethoven First Piano Concerto. What was interesting about this was that all the string players played in one location, which, since it didn't have two pianos (one for the soloist and one for me with the orchestral reduction), was not suitable for the Beethoven. So at the end of the string portion of the competition, the judges, the administrators and I all packed our bags and traveled to location No. 2 - Piedmont Pianos in Oakland - just for this one performance.

They had a very nice set-up ready for us: the soloist had a 9-foot Fazioli and I had a 9-foot Yamaha. After the audition, the salesman in charge invited me to play on the Faz myself. The main thing that impressed me was that it seemed to be putting out A LOT of sound. The salesman joked that Faziolis don't make good practice pianos (at least the 9-foot one didn't), because they trick you into believing that you're a better pianist than you actually are! LOL!

They also had two 7-and-a-half-foot Faziolis available, which I also tried. It was certainly an interesting experience. When I asked how much these instruments might set me back, the guy said that the 9-footer ran about $200,000, while the smaller one was about $155,000. Such a deal! ;-)

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Topic - Finally played on a Faz yesterday - Chris from Lafayette 14:24:46 11/22/15 (19)

Pianos Pianos Pianos - Mike Porper 14:11:36 12/16/15 (0)

RE: Finally played on a Faz yesterday - oldmkvi 14:28:36 11/23/15 (2)

Was this recently? - Chris from Lafayette 17:10:47 11/23/15 (1)

RE: Was this recently? - oldmkvi 09:19:14 11/24/15 (0)

Piedmont Piano - Jim Treanor 13:06:42 11/23/15 (1)

RE: Piedmont Piano - Chris from Lafayette 17:35:11 11/23/15 (0)

I got to play one note on a Faz... - Ivan303 12:50:36 11/23/15 (2)

ROTFL - Mike Porper 13:22:13 12/16/15 (0)

RE: I got to play one note on a Faz... - Chris from Lafayette 17:26:25 11/23/15 (0)

RE: Finally played on a Faz yesterday - Travis 07:55:36 11/23/15 (1)

Interesting - I didn't have that sensation myself, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:09:02 11/23/15 (0)

RE: Finally played on a Faz yesterday - krisjan 06:24:34 11/23/15 (1)

I agree that they're pretty easy to spot on recording - Chris from Lafayette 10:01:46 11/23/15 (0)

RE: Finally played on a Faz yesterday - Amphissa 21:08:21 11/22/15 (3)

Very sorry. But if it makes you feel any better ... - rbolaw 07:40:59 11/23/15 (1)

RE: Very sorry. But if it makes you feel any better ... - Amphissa 10:58:33 11/23/15 (0)

Oh man - I am so sorry to hear about that - Chris from Lafayette 00:42:18 11/23/15 (0)

RE: Finally played on a Faz yesterday - PAR 16:18:10 11/22/15 (1)

As I said, such a deal! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:34:41 11/22/15 (0)

Finally played on a Faz yesterday

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