How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear?



A pianist friend just recommended this article and pianist to me, knowing that I'm presently doing a speaker shoot-out. My question to you all is this:

How important is solo piano recordings to your evaluation of audio equipment -- in relation to, say, orchestra, bass, voice, etc.? What, specifically, does piano reveal exceptionally well, to your ears?

Here's the article:

https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/music-reviews/magic-of-josep-colom/


 

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Not to be facetious - I think solo piano is an important instrument to evaluate equipment with if you like to listen to a lot of solo piano.  I would venture a guess that the majority of audiophiles cannot, either by budget or space constraints, own no-compromise speakers that excel on all genres of music.  Assuming such a thing exists.  So most of us make some compromises and IMO, that's best done by choosing speakers that make the music you value sound good to your ears.  I'm not saying "accurate" or "true to the recording" because, unless we produced the recording, we can never know what that is.  So I'm just saying it has to sound good to us. So for me, piano is important.  BTW - If you want some nice piano music, try Bach on a Steinway and Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack.  Both excellent solo piano recordings, IMO> 

@testpilot @chayro Thanks. Piano is important to me, too, so I'd listen for that reason.

I do sometimes listen to music which is not the genre of what I usually listen to, but which nevertheless demonstrates something valuable about the system's abilities which would still be a benefit to me for the listen I do prefer. E.g. Argentinian folk music is not necessarily my thing, but I love American and English folk music. So, clear crossover value of hearing a good Argentinian folk recording as a test.

That's a long-winded way of asking (as I did meant to in my OP) whether the "piano test" has a value which goes beyond the subset of music lovers who like piano.