Donald Satz wrote in reply to Dave Pitzer: >... You tell people you are a HIP/period instrument person and, if >honest, also tell them you prefer the piano. It does sound contradictory. >But, personal pleasures and preferences pay little attention to consistency >or logic. Without going too far into a "me too" post, I would only qualify my case as applying to Bach and the piano, where somehow his music seems so well suited to the modern grand. However, I have yet to be convinced that Handel or Couperin or Rameau comes out as well on the piano as it does on the harpsichord. Different strokes.... Bill H.