In television and motion pictures his piano sounds like a grand piano when played.
At the Frick, in solo repertory, the same piano sounded just fine.
However, they also stated the acoustic pianos sounded "beautiful".
Moreover, the piano will sound clangorous and the singer shrill.
I remarked that the piano sounded like the one from "Fool on the Hill."
Grand or vertical, bigger pianos generally sound better than smaller ones.
This particular piano sounded out of tune, but it might have been me.
It looked like a piano sounds shortly after being dropped down a well.
They end up playing louder to account for the fact that the piano sounds softer to them.
That piano sounds wonderful in that room, but I would not dream of taking it into a large concert hall.