Haha, my first gut reaction to reading your second paragraph was "No, it'd be better to compare it to compositions written for harpsichord and played on piano".

Haha, my first gut reaction to reading your second paragraph was "No, it'd be better to compare it to compositions written for harpsichord and played on piano". I guess history has shown that most composers (and listeners) preferred the piano sound over the harpsichord sound the majority of the time.