Faust Harrison Pianos Showroom To Unveil Contest Results Four Years In The Making, And A $60,000 Piano In The Offing

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Faust Harrison Pianos Showroom To Unveil Contest Results Four Years In The Making, And A $ 60,000 Piano In The Offing

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 21, 2004

On November 7, 2004, beginning at 10:00 a.m., Faust Harrison Pianos will unveil the results of a contest that will reward a pianist a piano worth over $ 60,000 (MSRP) for a good guess. The results are to be announced by the end of the day at the Faust Harrison Pianos Showroom at 205 West 58th Street in New York City. Those unable to attend can watch the results on the companyÂ’s Website (http://www.faustharrisonpianos.com).

Over 282 qual­ified pianists were invited to the Faust Harrison showroom to evaluate new American-made Steinway and Mason & Hamlin seven-foot grand pianos, a study in excel­lence. The criteria on which the instru­ments were judged were: sound, touch, and overall quality; the contest lay in a single set of predic­tions, with each pianist being asked to guess how each piano would fare, what they believed the other pianists were most likely to say. The pianist who predicted most accu­rately will be awarded a new Mason & Hamlin model BB grand piano or a new Steinway model B grand piano, each of which is worth over $ 60,000 (MSRP).

This is an important study, as there has been nothing like it for well over a century. In the latter half of the Nine­teenth Century, there were myriad expo­si­tions in which the top piano manu­fac­turers from both the Continent and the New World came to show their wears, fruits of their forward-looking talents and arti­sanship. In the Twen­tieth century, with the lack of cultural interest, such compe­ti­tions fell off, making deci­sions for the consumer even more difficult. When looking to spend thou­sands on an instrument, expert expe­rience is always helpful. Faust Harrison Pianos, in orga­nizing this compe­tition, makes the move to fill this gap, creating a sort of Consumer Reports for piano—though, in this case, the consumers happen to be among the most talented players of their gener­ation. The people at Faust Harrison hope that this contest would serve as a model—and an inspiration—for piano eval­u­a­tions in the future.

Unlike the exhi­bi­tions in the Romantic era (where supposedly impartial judges were often crooked) Faust Harrison Pianos has gone to great lengths to ensure the complete objec­tivity of the judges, and therefore guar­antee accurate—and decision-making-worthy—information. Two neutral observers will be present at the event: Larry Fine (well-known author of The Piano Book) and Frank Baxter (host of the PianoWorld Website). The two of them will select envelopes, one at a time, and confirm that the seals are intact, after which they will open them. Subse­quently, the completed forms in each envelope will be scanned and sent to the Faust Harrison Pianos Website; the data will be tabu­lated and summarized—and on the site you can watch the data accu­mulate in real time.

First prize will be one of the above-mentioned pianos; second prize, a trans­ferable coupon worth $ 10,000 towards the purchase of a new grand piano in the Faust Harrison inventory; third prize, a trans­ferable coupon worth $ 5,000 towards the purchase of a new grand piano in the Faust Harrison inventory; fourth prize, to be awarded to each of 50 partic­i­pants, a trans­ferable coupon worth $ 1,500 towards the purchase of a new grand piano in the Faust Harrison inventory. The coupons have no cash value and so should not be taxable, but winners will be advised to check with their tax advisers.

For further infor­mation, please contact Tony Scafide at 917 217‑3584/tony@generation-media.com or Faust Harrison Pianos at 212 489‑0666, or visit the Website at http://www.faustharrisonpianos.com.

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