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...bidding up the prices. From the opening gavel of what amounted to a nine-hour garage sale, buyers in the museum's main hall sought to outbid one another on 630 lots that ranged from ivory figurines and a Flemish tapestry to a rococo revival cabinet and an 1873 Steinway. "I always wanted the thrill of owning a museum piece," said Denver Realtor Midge Wallace after acquiring an 18th century grandfather clock...
...professor, an acclaimed musician who can demonstrate the works instead of just talk about them, spends all of his lectures at his black Steinway grand...
...guard service is really only as good as the supervision it provides," says Michael Anesta, the director of personnel for Steinway & Sons, which stopped using Burns two years ago at its Queens, N.Y., piano-manufacturing plant. Former Burns official Gary Slodowski quit in 1990 after winning the company's manager-of-the-year award. "With the LBO, the company started to deteriorate," he says. "They've got away from the building blocks, such as service and visiting clients every day. Collecting cash became the main thing. With no one to pay attention to the other details, you're going...
...Haydn was the weakest piece on the program. While it began animatedly, the music itself did not follow through. The main problem was one of balance; Pressler's large Steinway grand piano simply took undue precedence over the other instruments. The secondary problem was one of tempo; the pace of the first movement (the development in particular) was a bit slow and pedantic. This was inappropriate for the inherent liveliness and humor of Haydn. As a result, the cadential chords sounded forced and brash...
...ASCAP has asked us to handle product placements in popular songs. For example, a ballad called These Foolish Things is available that lists various items that ostensibly "remind me of you." For $20,000, the lyric "A tinkling piano in the next apartment" could be amended to "A tinkling Steinway . . ." and so on. (For an extra $20,000, the song's title could be changed to These Wise Investments...