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There's a video of him playing at the source. He's pretty good.

Damn Yamaha pianos. They're everywhere.

Just a good Friday night story.There was a Yamaha piano when I was in the hospital.

My Alma Mater, University of Northern Colorado, had Yamaha pianos.

Just a good Friday night story.

1 posted on 12/19/2025 3:31:30 PM PST by real saxophonist
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Very nice. He seems like a good guy!


2 posted on 12/19/2025 3:35:46 PM PST by dforest
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:: Damn Yamaha pianos. They’re everywhere. ::

Of course!
Yamaha has a 5-year “swap-out” with the larger institutions that use 100 or more Yammies.
Every 5 years, the public can usually get a GREAT deal on a Yamaha when the University makes the swap.


3 posted on 12/19/2025 3:35:54 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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You haven’t tried a nice piano until you have tried pianoteq. The most amazing thing in the world of pianos.


4 posted on 12/19/2025 3:37:58 PM PST by libh8er
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Thanks.


5 posted on 12/19/2025 3:39:14 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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His voice: thin, reedy, linear, nasal and rapid paced, is the opposite his performing sound.

When he plays, I hear a lot of warm, bright, and soft notes. Some similarity to the early work of Claude De Bussy.


8 posted on 12/19/2025 3:46:06 PM PST by lee martell
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We have one. It has dust on it.


13 posted on 12/19/2025 3:56:19 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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We saw a Yamaha concert grand piano at a local music store a few years back.

Yellow tape around it, “Do Not Touch” signs, and a $700,000 price tag.


17 posted on 12/19/2025 4:04:29 PM PST by Disambiguator
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Last year, we took a month-long rail tour of the UK. London, Wales, Scotland.

Several of the major rail stations had ‘public pianos.’ At London’s Victoria Station, we heard the most beautiful rendition of Michael Jackson’s “I’ll be There” that I can remember.

It was really a highlight of our trip.


25 posted on 12/19/2025 4:35:02 PM PST by abb
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It would have been great if there had been less talking so we could have heard him play.....nice effort tho’.


28 posted on 12/19/2025 4:54:22 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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Here's his YouTube page. Most of the clips are pretty short.
31 posted on 12/19/2025 5:01:42 PM PST by real saxophonist (Michael Bennet claps on 1 and 3.)
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Yeah, let us know when he’s climbing trails on a Yamaha bike.


37 posted on 12/19/2025 5:13:06 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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I saw that headline and thought “Why is he also working at the Defense Intelligence Agency?”.


39 posted on 12/19/2025 5:15:25 PM PST by wbarmy (Trying to do better.)
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Obviously not dei....


43 posted on 12/19/2025 5:26:54 PM PST by cherry
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