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When some Canadian and American piano professionals wished me to get my "butt" sued, I realized many things about some of piano professionals and their mentality...

I am sure Pianomadam was quite desperate, however, given today's economy...

For the record Avantgardenabi is not referring to me.

Of course, not you, Rod!

heh

Sorry to say but this is a pretty bad joke to advertise a low-end brand like Essex this way.

What's even sorrier is that it wasn't a joke.

I've actually HAD a last-row seat at the Wiener Volksoper! Don Giovanni--what a show!

And here I was, worried I'd been too harsh in my post...

Sometimes I think I've gotten too immersed in this website, and then this kind of thing goes on, apparently demonstrating that some others are far, far more over-invested...

DGC,

The Wiener's can keep their Volksoper! My "il mio tesoro" was not exactly what they were looking for in my last audition. Seems they preferred Ottavio a slight bit "taller" and more "handsome". My wife begged to differ.

Go a little easier on yourself. You can never be too immersed in PW

BC

OTOH, Chris, you landed the Osmin role in Madam's production of The Abduction From the Seraglio. They can't take that away from you.

OK, here it is: I screwed up royally! My apologies to all on this forum. I'm ashamed and appalled at the lengths I saw myself go to. I let the anonymity get the best of me. I hope I can gain your forgiveness now or sometime in the future. I do value this site and assume there will be months of scourging I will be going through for any post I put on this forum in the future, but those are the consequences I'm willing to take on.

My apologies to Steinway & Sons, those that represent the Steinway & Sons Family of Pianos, and all piano professionals for my example.

That's all for now...

Madam,

My hope is that there is no scourging. I don't think you set an example. I'm sure it's been done countless times before.

Stepping up and apologizing may have set an example though. I'd wager that's been done rarely, if at all here. Very gutsy move! It should make anyone who intends to ridicule you think twice before doing it.

oh.. don't worry. lots of dealers do that stuff.

nm

It takes guts to write what you did even if we don't know who you are.

From what I understand,
what you have done has been done by others.

Perhaps an apology to Yamaha and Charles Walter would have also been in order.

Madam

I must say I am quite surprised and very impressed with your apology. How about a fresh start?

Madam,

Disclosing your true identity and posting that way from now on would give you instant credibility here.

Try it - I think you would like it...

By the way, if you feel the urge to develop a multiple personality disorder again, have a Gianni Schicchi moment, i.e. something funny. (that was for you, Turandot)

Best to you,

BC

Madam,

A testimony of great courage.
Above all keep on posting while preserving your own opinions and personality.

schwammerl.

Likewise Madam,
I was surprised to see you post and impressed to see your apology.

Keep your head on your shoulders and above water and you will be fine. Remember; "There can be no friendship without confidence; and no confidence, without integrity".

Lost for a moment but not gone as evidenced by your actions.
I agree with Beacon Cris that more info of who you really are in your signiture line would be appropriate.

Mike

I'm new to the board; are things always this exciting? Double agents, smart detectives, international intrigue.....

Word to the wise: IP addresses are trackable; nobody is totally anonymous on the internet.

I'm new here as well, thinking I could get a little bit more honest information than I seemed to get when shopping for a new piano.

Now I see that we're forced to be extremely skeptical even on a forum of piano lovers. And when someone is caught red handed and belatedly admits the obvious, it's considered "a testimony of great courage"?

Maybe others have more time to sift through the it all and figure out what is truthful here, but I think it'd be more helpful to the rest of us if this sort of thing was policed by the moderators and the related parties banned.

And for the record, I recently bought an Essex 123 and so far so good. And the response on page 1 that $5000 is an excellent price..I paid a lot less. But at least I know that post was by a "sales professional", so it can be read in the appropriate context.