Jazz for aficionados

frogman  good point about Forum etiquette. If you're on a public forum any participant should be able to respond to another's post. If you want to address that person alone then PM them.Nice" Misty "from  Holmes.

Each and every instrument, piano, brass, woodwind, guitar by the same manufacturer sounds different than another; although, same model instruments will have similar family traits.  Sometimes the difference is very subtle and sometimes it is very obvious and every possible degree in between.  The difference is “felt” as well as heard by the player and may or may not be obvious to the listener depending on hearing acuity.  Top players often go to the manufacturer (by invitation) and try many instruments in order to find THE ONE for he/she.  The differences are due to differences in the composition of the metal in the case of brass instruments (including saxophones) and the craftsmanship that went into the construction of the particular instrument as well as differences in the actual design of different model instruments from the same manufacturer.  Brass needs to be burnished with special tools in order to achieve the right “ring”.  Inexpensive instruments are made from parts stamped out by machines without the final hand finishing and will sound very similar....bad.  With woodwinds...think about it and all the potential differences in the grain of the particular piece of exotic wood as well as other natural differences in wood.  Its all mainly about resonance and the differences in resonance.  It is highly unlikely that two of anything will resonate the same way.  But, rest assured that the differences are very real and can be very audible and important to a player if not necessarily to the listener.  

alexWell said and I concur with your statements.
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I understand and feel the same about certain statements made on this website. But do you think any one person(s)  is going to change the opinion of another person on this site. If you are so troubled about someone's comments on this forum Maybe  if you really want to do something about it you should contact the people who run the forums.And as far as my wanting to stick to Jazz, that's my business not yours.
Have a nice day.

schubert love that version by Beegie of "Autumn Leaves". Never heard of her before. She had to be in her seventies when that video was recorded.  looked her up on Wiki and she's still going strong at 81 with concert dates.
Any decisions on the three piano comparison video? The guy who owns those pianos must be loaded. Just out of curiosity what is the price structure on those three pieces?

$225,000 range.  Bosendorfers up to $500,000 depending on finish.   Unique instruments can go for over $1M on auction.