The chooner's been today and I wuz chatting with him (as you do)....

I asked what piano would he have if money was no object - the answer
'Fazioli' was back in a flash and we chatted on. (The most recent Yamahas
are good now and probably better than Kawai, Steinways can be very good,
same with Bosendorfer - which one you choose depends on your own
tastes..&c.&c.)

Mind you, he says - 'Fazioli (whom he has met) has never made any money on
them, they've always been subsidised by the 'office furniture'
manufacture...!!

(Top quality 'high end' anything is all very fine, but there's no substitute
for continually-moving production in my book - any 'high end manufacturer'
would do well to have a steady stream of cheaper stuff going out the door -
like T de P with his phono stages...)

Why mention this?

Oh, because....

;-)