On Aug 5, 2013, at 4:37 PM, Mark Seifert <seifertm...@att.net> wrote:
> I think it was Greenberg who said in his Bach course that Bach didn't > like Silbermann's pianos, though he loved Silbermann's organs and > harpsichords. Bach was the heaviest hitter I could think of for help > in politically attacking the modern piano Goliath. Your point is well > taken that those old pianos weren't like the newer ones. But I doubt > the interesting archival hearsay that Bach provided his complete > approval The only source is Agricola's account, and I'd be hard pressed to come up with a reason to believe the part about Bach saying the bass was weak while not believing the part about his later approval. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
