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Topic: Hornswogglers?  (Read 1809 times)

Offline starstruck5

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Hornswogglers?
on: January 29, 2012, 01:52:00 PM
In a different thread Birba asked who Leonard was -and he said that he posted something but then it was removed - he went on to speculate that it might have been a banned member trying to return with a new moniker. So my question is -who exactly has been guilty of posting audio performances which were actually played by someone else? 

I don't get why someone would do this anyhow - cos what benefit is it to them? Yes they can deceive us into thinking they are the next Pollini -but the last laugh is on them surely?

If there have been hornswogglers on PianoStreet -who were they? How long did they get away with it?
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Offline pianoplayjl

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Re: Hornswogglers?
Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 12:14:07 AM
I only know of Kellyc aka ladypianist, becky,  and rogers?. Kellyc got away with it for a few months. As she/he posted recordings Kellyc was discovered to be fake.
I don't believe guy5 to be a hornswoggler because I visited his site and the etudes were in his repertoire. Besides, he is a professional pianist so it is very hard to say the recordings are fake.

JL
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Offline Bob

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Re: Hornswogglers?
Reply #2 on: January 30, 2012, 12:18:29 AM
Just search for "hoax" and you'll find them.
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