Re: Steinway’s first ‘Lang Lang’ branded pian o

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Thu Apr 26 18:27:43 MDT 2007 

OK, I don't know what the difference is/was but they now all open!

Avery

At 06:59 PM 4/26/2007, you wrote:
>Kent,
>
>Is this actually from you? NOTHING I clicked on would open! :-(
>
>Avery
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>At 09:25 PM 4/25/2007, you wrote:
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>>Steinway’s first ‘Lang Lang’ branded piano to 
>>benefit AIDS programmes in China
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>>UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and renowned concert 
>>pianist Lang Lang introduces his new Steinway piano to the media in Beijing.
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>>By Charles Rycroft
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>>BEIJING, China, 25 April 2007 – UNICEF Goodwill 
>>Ambassador and renowned pianist Lang Lang took 
>>time out from his busy concert schedule last 
>>week to launch his own branded line of pianos 
>>at Beijing’s main Steinway & Sons showroom.
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>>Proceeds from the auction of the first ‘Lang 
>>Lang’ piano will benefit UNICEF’s programmes 
>>for young people affected by AIDS in China’s Yunan Province.
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>>The piano was unveiled two days after the 
>>Chinese business community joined with young 
>>people, AIDS experts and activists, and 
>>government leaders at the first-ever Business 
>>Forum on Children and AIDS here. Forum 
>>participants discussed practical ways of 
>>incorporating children and families into 
>>corporate social responsibility strategies.
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>>The meeting also marked the launch of a new 
>>guide on HIV/AIDS policy for corporations 
>>working in China. The guide has been developed 
>>by UNICEF China in partnership with the 
>>Australian National Committee for UNICEF, the 
>>Global Business Coalition on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and AusAID.
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>>Child-friendly instrument
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>>Mr. Lang’s piano – which is designed to reach 
>>children in a new way – offers a model for an 
>>innovative partnership with a business, in this 
>>case the piano maker Steinway & Sons.
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>>Speaking to the media, Mr. Lang remarked that 
>>pianos traditionally have been large in size 
>>and dark in colour, making them intimidating to 
>>young people. The new piano he has designed 
>>with Steinway is intended to encourage young 
>>people to take up the instrument at an early age.
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>>Design elements include a reversible front 
>>panel that converts into a whiteboard, and a 
>>music desk that runs nearly the length of the 
>>keyboard to make musical scores easier to read. 
>>While demonstrating these features, Mr. Lang 
>>took a pen and wrote “I love UNICEF” in English on the whiteboard.
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>>Realizing a childhood dream
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>>"I cherished the dream of playing on a Steinway 
>>on the very day I began learning to play the 
>>piano,” said Mr. Lang. “It must also be the 
>>same dream for numerous children learning the 
>>piano nowadays. Although my dream came true 
>>when I was eight, I found that there was no 
>>piano specially designed for children.
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>>“Now, with the help of Steinway & Sons, I have 
>>realized my childhood dream,” he added.
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>>John Patton, General Manager of Steinway & Sons 
>>in China, expressed the company’s great 
>>appreciation of its partnership with UNICEF. 
>>This alliance began in 2004 with the 
>>presentation to UNICEF of a specially designed 
>>‘Peace Piano’ carrying the flags of all UN 
>>member nations. Mr. Lang, then a newly 
>>appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, went on 
>>to take that piano on a world tour.
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>>Mr. Patton noted as well that Mr. Lang had the 
>>unique distinction of being a living artist 
>>with a Steinway piano named after him – a 
>>tribute to the artist’s outstanding contribution to the design.
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>>The role of music
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>>The ‘Lang Lang’ piano line will be priced at a 
>>fraction of the cost of a full-sized Steinway 
>>to make the instrument widely accessible to families in China.
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>>UNICEF Representative to China, Dr Yin Yin Nwe 
>>praised the new child-friendly instrument. She 
>>stressed the important role of music in trauma 
>>and stress counselling, which she recalled 
>>witnessing firsthand while working with UNICEF 
>>in conflict and disaster situations.
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>>To cap off the media event on a youthful 
>>musical note, Mr. Lang then played a duet on 
>>his signature piano with Huang Nansong, 13, the 
>>recent winner of the Steinway International 
>>Children and Youth Piano Competition.
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>>Blue Chevigny contributed to this story from New York.
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