In the article, "Loud Piano Music" (Digest 960828) Robbie wrote:

>... "The music was so beautiful that it brought tears to my eyes!"

Just substitute the word "dreadful".  This is usually the case when
I hear an instrument that has great potential which is either
  a. playing out of tune, or
  b. badly "restored", or, for that matter,
  c. limping along,¶
which is owned by a collector who doesn't care enough to spend the $$$
on proper restoration and regulation.

S.K.Goodman

 [ Ed. Note: Steve, I guess some collections are nothing but pretty
 [ furniture, which leads you to believe that the owner is stone deaf!
 [ -- Robbie