[CAUT] CAUT Digest, Vol 46, Issue 1

[Tim Coates]

I haven't seen the article, nor do I intend to because it will just be depressing.  But I'd have to agree with Brent that Larry Fine really needs to be called into question.  

Tim Coates

On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:00 PM, caut-request at ptg.org wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 04:25:43 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Brent Fischer <brent.fischer at yahoo.com>
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> NY Times ?7-30-12.....Music Article
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> ??On the front page of the digital NY Times ?" For More Pianos, Last Note?
> is the Thud in the Dump"
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> ?" Instead of spending hundreds or thousands to repair an old piano, you
> can buy a new one made in China that's just as good, or you can buy a digital
> one that doesn't need need tuning and has all kinds of bells and whistles," said
> Larry Fine, the editor and publisher of Acoustic & Digital Buyer " the industry bible.
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> The picture seen around the world is of a vintage Knabe grand being trashed.
> Confirms what I've always said, he doesn't know what he is talking about.
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> Brent Fischer
> 30 yr. member of the PTG / Registered Craftsman / retired
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