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A few years ago, I went to an estate sale where the individual who passed was a CD collector. It was the first time where I encountered a collection that was comparable - or possibly larger than mine. He also had a large library of books. The house was dark - windows covered - most walls dedicated to shelves for the books and CDs. The deceased owner had been a psychiatrist. Being a whack job myself, I considered buying his total collection which I could have had for a very modest sum - but being married - and having a slight sense of self preservation, I restrained myself.

Bet they timed those results. This should be investigated.

A long while back, I compared a new Baldwin Sd10 vs the comparable Bechstein. I would have chosen the Baldwin.

Agree. I've played Bösendorfer and Yamaha instruments that I could live with and enjoy. Ranking premium pianos, I think Bechsteins are fine pianos - but I'd likely be choosing the Bosie or Yamaha over it.

Santa delivered early??

I believe it was reported that Biden received more Israel PAC support than anyone in government. Blinken is a dual Israeli/US citizen. Trump has acknowledged that Miriam Adlelson gave $100M to his campaign for support of Israel - so Israel's interests, which were never in doubt, are solid.

Goldfish make fewer gaffes.

Imagine being in the restroom of a gas station...that sells waffles.

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It was a decent show. We decided to wait till all of the episodes for the last half of season 5 were released - and then watch 5B in a binge. There were a few memorable scenes involving Beth - not someone to mess with.

I'm with you on in-situ. Glad to hear the whole world hasn't gone nuts on adenocarcinoma. I did a conference with a European researcher who referred to what was pronounced as "sono-meters". It took a few minutes to realize he was referencing centimeters.

I'm with you though I've also heard Int-egg-roll I worked with the National Cancer institute in the late 70s and early 80s. We said Adenocarcinoma differently than I hear it today. THEN "add n o carcinoma" vs. NOW "A deeno carcinoma"

@George-K said in Hay "Yellowstone" Beth fans:

@George-K said in Hay "Yellowstone" Beth fans:

@jon-nyc would hit that.

That could be dangerous. That boy of hers is known to be both possessive and aggressive when it comes to his lady.

Interesting read. The biography essentially covers both her life and the adult portion of David French's life. David asked to marry her 3 weeks after meeting her. Reading of Nancy's childhood, one is amazed of her achievements. AND having read that portion of the book, one gains little insight into what were the influences and indviduals responsible for her developing her writing skills. I'm just getting up to the portion of the book having to do with the 2016 election. What's fun to read about is Nancy's referencing that if someone showed up at her relatives seeking dirt, Nancy shared that it was very possible those indviduals might end up dead. They were mountain people.

Sorry - sounds like she led a good life. RIP

Just saying any guy who hasn’t mastered the kazoo has no business playing the piano

What provides me some personal amusement is considering that any number of musicians (e.g. Martha Argerich, Yuja Wang) could play the piano better at age 11 than I can play at age 70 - having been working at this for over 60 years.

As for the Schubert - I love both the B-flat minor and A major sonatas. I too learned the first two movements of the Schubert. It's a wonderful work. Rubinstein recorded it 3 times. He loved the work though he felt it had a darkness associated with - a foreboding of death. My favorite recording of the work was the third version he made. Rubinstein said that he'd just had a terrible fight with his son just before recording it. The performance captured the mood of sadness he felt at the time. When a recording of this sonata was first transferred to CD, they used an earlier recording. The recording engineer preferred the earlier version as it sounded better - and some have felt it followed normal performance practice for the work. Eventually, when all of Rubinstein's recordings were released, Rubinstein's preferred version was included.

As for the A major, I've always liked the first movement to be played a bit slower than most performers play it. Richter delivers in that regard.

BTW, what kind of memory do you get with your 12.9? I have the smaller pro with a T of memory - but if I move up to the 12.9, is that overkill? I do have a lot of images - but also employ the Apple cloud.