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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
Yes it appears she has used 2 styles of pianos in concert. Interesting fact. I am not a piano expert so I am curious why Sara and NTF were used on the upright. Dont Stop has always been played on a grand until later years when the electric keyboard could sound just like a real piano.
I would love to hear it directly from her since they are her songs. But any piano experts around? Maybe because I have the visual in my head of her playing the upright on Sara and NTF but it seems cooler IMHO. I know songs like Songbird are more delicate and made to be played on the grand.
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Really more for visual effect, I think. In addition to the upright having a honky-tonk sound, she could play it right alongside the others, whereas whenever she used the grand it was positioned so far to the left of the stage that she was pretty physically removed from them. You can guess how far this was in the live German version of Don’t Stop (1980) where the only shot we get of her playing or singing is BEFORE the song starts—and even then it appears to be stock footage. The camera crew could not include her in a wide band shot.
The problem was rectified by the time of The Dance because by then the grand piano was placed on a rotating disc that also included her keyboards, so whenever she played one of them, the stage rotated.
However, such an ingenious device was not used for the On With The Show tour. There, the piano was air lifted onto the stage for one song—Songbird. All other piano parts were shared by her and Brett on electric pianos. And in 2018, the piano was left home.