Of course, the different and optimised piano sound, that you hear in your mind, and are chasing through your tweaking may not exist in reality anyway. Plato's attic is full of perfect pianos.
As I have neither the space, nor the funding to purchase all of the instruments I have available through Pianoteq and Organteq, the variations I construct are more dependent on my pleasure than an actual instrument.
One can also create totally new instruments with interesting tonal qualities and properties, especially once you start layering and morphing. It may have started out as a piano, or steel-pan drums or a guitar or a baroque organ, but Pianoteq Pro, and Organteq 2 give me the power to create endless new realities.
While the sale is on, could I suggest that you have a look at what Organteq 2 is capable of; it is far more than just an organ once you lift the bonnet.
The fascination, for me, is not just the instruments themselves, but the power that these applications give me to create new perfections and previously unknown sonic realities through the ability to tweak almost every known variable, to ones heart's desiring.
Michael
Pianoteq 8 Studio plus all Instrument packs; Organteq 2; Debian; Reaper; Carla