[CAUT] Rebuilding Value

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 11:47 AM 3/10/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 3/10/2006 10:12:24 AM Central Standard Time, 
>hoffsoco at luther.edu writes:
>If you replace one broken plain wire string with wire purchased from a
>supply house, is it still a Steinway?
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>Conrad Hoffsommer
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>Even though we attend a week long training session at the factory, 
>Steinway is reluctant to allow us to advertise we are "factory 
>trained."  So I guess we could argue that not only is the string not a 
>"genuine Steinway" string, the work was performed by someone other than a 
>"factory trained technician."
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>Wim
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Wim,

This whole thing is an example of an advertising slogan morphing into 
religion. For a Steinway to retain it's identity, it must make the hajj to 
New York and be born again. I fear, my friend, that you and I will never 
attain the high priesthood.


An anonymous Pharrkirche(sp?) custodian.
[not even qualified to spell it]