I see I've run across someone who likes to attack others without reason - @SSWIPE!
You are obviously an egotistical pianist - the kind I abhor. Your previous ignorant comment about Steinways shows how big your head truly is - and not filled with brains.
Name me ONE string player in a major orchestra who is not a principal or assistant-principal and plays on a distinctly different color violin as a matter of course. They don't exist - ignoramus.
Please don't think that you're the only one in the world with a music background - you're not...and there are an ENORMOUS number of gifted pianists who would put you to absolute shame!
Yes, in many of Europe’s majors you’ll see stringed instruments of all hues.
BTW, I’m right about current Long Island Steinways. If you must have one make sure it was made in Hamburg.
But they still cant hold a candle to the “Three B’s”, Baldwin, Bosendorfer, and Bechstein.
Egotistical? Somewhat....but you should see Gavrilov or Kissin in full meltdown mode for something truly entertaining.